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palatal foramina wider and extending further posteriorly ; mesop- 

 terygoid fossa considerably narrower. 



Coloration. — Dorsal area russet, the median region only slightly 

 darkened by black lining; sides bright cinnamon, and contrasting 

 sharply with the light underparts ; ears blackish ; tail uniform broc- 

 coli-brown; hind feet drab, the toes white; fore feet white. 



Measurements. — Head and body, 86 mm. ; tail, 135 ; hind foot, 

 17.5; ear, 16. Skull: greatest length, 25; condylo-basal length, 23; 

 basilar length, 19.8 ; zygomatic breadth, 12.5 ; interorbital constric- 

 tion, 4.8 ; nasal length, 8.8 ; palatilar length, 1 1 ; diastema, 7 ; maxil- 

 lary toothrow, 3.8 ; palatal foramina, 5 ; condylo-incisive length of 

 mandible, 16.5 ; coronoid-angular depth of mandible, 7. 



Two others were secured besides the type in the depths of the 

 Kakumega Forest. This race is one of the alleni group which are 

 known only in the Congo forest and its extensions. The range of 

 this group coincides with that of the potto and the Uganda duiker, 

 which attain their extreme eastern limit in the Kukumega Forest. 



EPIMYS COUCHA NEUMANI, new subspecies 



Long-tailed Multimammate Mouse 



Type from Neuman's Boma, Northern Guaso Nyiro River, Brit- 

 ish East Africa; number 181795, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; collected by 

 Edmund Heller, September 26, 191 1; original number, 4372. 



Characters. — Similar to panya, but tail much longer than head 

 and body ; skull more arched at interorbital region, 'and bullae 

 smaller. 



Coloration. — Dorsal area hair brown, the mid dorsal region lined 

 heavily with black; sides buffy gray, the lower sides bordered by a 

 buffy band ; ears blackish ; tail uniform broccoli-brown ; feet white ; 

 underparts buffy, the hair basally plumbeous. 



Measurements. — Head and body, 115 mm.; tail, 128; hind foot, 

 25. Skull: greatest length, 30.5; condylo-incisive length, 28.3; 

 basilar length, 24.7 ; zygomatic breadth, 14.5 ; interorbital constric- 

 tion, 4 ; nasals, 12.3 x 3 ; palatilar length, 14 ; palatal foramina, 7 ; 

 diastema, 8.3 ; maxillary toothrow, 5 ; condylo-incisive length of 

 mandible, 20.2 ; coronoid-angular depth of mandible, 9. 



Three other specimens are in the collection from the type locality, 

 and all agree with the type in the possession of long tails. 



Mr. A. H. Neuman, who has written so entertainingly about 

 elephant hunting, lived for several years at the spot on the Guaso 

 Nyiro, where the specimens were secured. 



