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Show 1902.] MAMMALS FROM ABYSSINIA. 309 8. I I erpestes galera mitis, subsp. n. c?. Zegi, Lake Tsana, 4000 feet. A small-toothecl Abyssinian representative of IT. galera. Fur long and coarse. General colour dark chocolate-brown all over, above and below, almost without annulations, some of the hairs only having a faint and scarcely distinguishable whitish subterminal ring. Head, feet, and tail darker even than the body, the last-named gradually becoming black terminally. A few wholly white hairs mixed with the fur of the fore-quarters. Skull about the size of that of the true Southern II. galera, therefore considerably smaller than in the Central and East-African subspecies robustus. General form similar, but the posterior palate decidedly narrower, and the bulhe much lower and less prominent. Teeth smaller throughout, especially the last premolars above and below and the first molars. Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) :- Head and body 600 mm.; tail 330; hind foot (c.) 100. Skull-basal length 95 ; condylar length (basal length of P. Z. S. 1882, p. 65) 100; zygomatic breadth 62-5 ; interorbital breadth 21; breadth of brain-case 38; mastoid breadth 40*5 ; palate length from gnathion 56 ; breadth of posterior palate 8. Teeth-greatest horizontal diameter of p l 10'8, m1 9*1, m~ 5*8; of px 7-5, ml 8'6, m2 5-9. Type. The specimen above recorded. B.M. No. 2.9.9.6. This fine Mungoose is of about the same size as the true Cape IIerpestes galera, though with smaller teeth, the large H. galera robustus of East Africa and the Upper Nile separating the two. No Mungoose of this group appears to have been hitherto recorded from Abyssinia. 9. I ctoxyx, sp. inc. 5 . Addis Ababa, 8000 feet. 26 March. 10. L utra capexsis m e x e l ek i, subsp. n. S . Zegi, Lake Tsana, 4000 feet. The Abyssinian representative of the Cape Clawless Otter. Size very large ; colour very strong and dark, deep chocolate-brown on the back, darkening anteriorly almost to black on the nape and crown, where it is indistinctly grizzled with white. Muzzle greyish white. Lips, cheek, and sides of neck sharply contrasted white. Ears brown, with prominently white edges. Chin and throat dull yellowish white; belly brown, little paler than the upper surface. Limbs and tail dark brown as usual. Underfur of body all over, and notably of back, silvery white, the extreme tips only of the hairs brown. In true L. capensis the underfur is almost entirely brown. Skull very broad and massive, larger and heavier in every way than a fine adult male skull from West Africa. Interorbital, |