GRAPHIURUS CAPENSIS.—F. C u v . e t G e o f *.
M ammalia.— P la t e XXXIX.
Cr. supra cinereus' nigro-brunneo penicillatus; fascie, infra Oculos, macula stipra aurium, genis, ventre,
lateribusque corporis albis; caud& supra flavo-albci., infra brunneo-rubra; fascid semicirculare inter
. labrum superiorum et partem, inferiorem auris, supra oculum. transiente, nigro-brunned; cauda
versus basin subrotundat^ versus apicem disticha.
L ongitudo ab apice nasi ad basin caudae 4 unc. ; caudae 4 unc. 6 lin.
Myoxus ocularis. Smithy Zoological Journal, vol. iv. p. 439.
C o lo u r .— The forehead, the upper surface of the head, the upper and
lateral parts of the neck, and the back, and the upper parts of the sides ash-
grey, profusely pencilled with liver-brown, the pencilled appearance arising
from a great number of long and rather rigid liver-brown hairs, being scattered
among the soft and light-coloured fur. The upper surface of the tail
yellowish white, the lower surface and the edges inferiorly deep reddish
brown. A blotch over the upper margin of each ear, the cheeks under the
eyes ;: a vertical bar in front of each shoulder, and the belly and sides pure
white ; the white of the sides rising highest immediately behind the shoulder
and in front of the thigh. A narrow liver-brown stripe on each side of the
head, commencing at the edge of the upper lip immediately behind the muzzle,
and terminating under the ear, forming in its course a sort of semicircle in
order to pass over the eye; lower portion of each shoulder liver-brown.
Upper lip, angles of mouth, lower lip, under surface of neck, and the tarsi
of the anterior extremities rusty-reddish orange, the tint darkest round the
mouth; breast and tarsi of hinder extremities rusty sienna-yellow. Whiskers
partly white, partly liver-brown, Eyes blackish. Incisor teeth pale-yellow.
The basal or concealed portion of the fur, intermediate between black and
lavender-purple :—this colour only seen by deranging the surface.
F orm , &c.— Body moderately robust and the extremities very short; head
rather short and broad; face rather flat; cheeks bulging; nose obtuse, the
muzzle bare and the nostrils opening downwards. A pencil of long delicate