M a m m a l ia .-—P l a t e XIV. (M a l e .) ,
M. capite supra dorsoque pallide flavo-brunneis, nigro-brunneo effuse penicillatis ; capitis corporisque
lateribus cinereis; infr^, sordido-aibus; cruribus fulvo-albis; cauda flavo-brunnea nigro penicillata;
annulo oculos ciugeate labiisque albis; macula ad basin aurium extus fulvd.
Longitudo corporis cum capite 6 u n c .; caudee 5 unc.
C olou r.—The surface-colour of the centre of the face; the forehead and
the back light yellowish brown, profusely pencilled with blackish brown ; the
lateral parts of the head and the sides of the body, below a line carried backwards
from the base of the ears, ashy grey tinted with pale tawny; the lips,
chin, ring round the eyes, and the under parts of the body white; legs tawny
white; tail yellowish brown freely pencilled with black. The fur which
exists upon'the ears, together with the pencil of long hairs destined to protect
the meatus auditorius pale rusty white; the base of each ear externally is
margined by a bright rufous blotch, which colour also tinges, though less
deeply, the back part of the neck; whiskers black; proboscis black above
and white on the sides; eyes nearly black.
F orm, &c.—Figure moderately robust; size intermediate between that of
M. rupestris and M. intufi. Proboscis long, slender, and rather thicker at
the base than the apex ; eyes large, prominent, and much nearer to the ears
than to the proboscis. Ears erect, long, narrower than in the other South
African species, of a somewhat oval form, and rounded at the points, the
outer margin of- each distinctly emarginate a little below the apex; hinder
toes of hinder extremities considerably removed from the other toes. Tail
very long, cylindrical, and densely covered with short, rigid hairs, which
increase in length towards its tip, where they form a thin rigid and divergent