MURID.-K. LONCHERKS. 189 



Acomys spinosissimus. 



Peters, Natiinv. Reise nach Mossambiquc, Saugth. i. p. 160. pi. 85. 

 fig. 10 (skull). 



LONCHERES. 

 Teeth :— Incisors |=J ; Molars \~\ ; =20. 



The Bicoloured Loncheres. Loncheres picta. 



Nelomys pictus, Pictet, Notices snr les Animaux nouveaux on peu 

 connus au Musee de Geneve, 2 dn livr. p. 29. pi. 8 (skull ). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 17 



Lumbar 8 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 35 or 36 



*a. Skeleton. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 



The Strong-spined Loncheres. Loncheres armata. 

 Schreb.f Saugth, Suppl. iii. p. 335. 

 *a. Skull. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



Loncheres didelphoides. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 322. 



Nelomys didelphoides, 7s. Geoff., Mag. de Zool. 1840, pp.41, 50. pi. 24. 



•a. Skull. 



*b. Lower jaw. 



Loncheres macrara. 



Sckreb., Saugth. iv. p. 239 d. fig. 7 (dentition). 



The Wuite-crested Loncheres. Loncheres cristata. 

 Waterhouse, Mag. Nat. Hist. ii. p. 315. pi. 16. fig. 4 (skull). 



The Black-tailed Loncheres. Loncheres blainviUii. 



Schreb., Saugth. Suppl. iii. p. 334, et iv. pi. 234 D. fig. 8 (dentition). 

 Nelomys blainvillii, Is. Geoff., Ma«\ de Zool. 1840, pi. 28. figs. 9, 10 



(dentition).— DeriUe, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1852, iv. p. 564. pi. 16. 



fig. 4 a (teeth). 



a. Molar teeth, right side. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



Loncheres semivillosa. 



Is. Geoff., Mag. de Zool. 1840, Mamm. pp. 42, 50. pi. 28. figs. 7-9 

 (teeth). 



