724 Mr. 0. Thomas on LXXXI. — Four new African Carnivores. By Oldfield Thomas. (Published by periuiasion of the Trustees of the British Museum.) Ilelogale vttula, sp. n. A species nearly without the buffj and rufous tones characteristic of the other central and northern species. General colour above finely grizzled grey, very much as in //. atkinsoni, but with still less suffusion of buffy. Head minutely speckled " smoke-grey " ; no rufous or bufiy on the sides of the face. Under surface scarcely lighter than back, the belly brownish grey, the throat and inguinal region drabby, washed incons])icuously with dull buffy. Sides of neck behind ears rather stronger buffy. Limbs Ike body to the metapodials, the latter and the digits dull pinkish buff. Tail grizzled, its tip and median line below slightly buffy. Teeth of medium size. Dimensions of the ty])e (measured in flesh) : — Head and botly 215 mm.; tail (perhaps shortened in con-finement) 130 ; hind foot 44-; ear 25. Skull : condylo-basal length oO'S ; zygomatic breadth 32 ; interorbilal breadth 10*4 ; breadth of brain-case 23'5 ; palatal length 24 ; breadth between outer corners of p' 19 ; jt>*, length on outer edge 3'8, greatest diameter 5*1 ; breadth of m^ 4-7. JJab. Lamu, coast of British East Africa. 2ype. Adult male. B.M. no. 11. 10. 2lJ. 1. Presented alive to the Zoological Society by the Kev. W. 1). Braginton, and given at death to the National Museum. This species is at once distinguished from the other East African forms of Ilelogalehy the almost complete suppression of the bulTy, rufous, or ochraceous tones generally present, especially on the muzzle, cheeks, and under surface. Even the comparatively greyish Somali species, II. atkinsoni, is tawny or ochraceous on the throat and inguinal region, though, like //. vetula, it has a greyish head. From H. hirtula the present species is separated l)y its buffy instead of blackish toes. UclogaJe percivaJi, sp. n. A dark grey species with blackish limbs. Eur close, finely s})ei:klcil, not loose and shaggy as in
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