KUNGL. SV. VET, AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48. N:0 5. 93 
hesitation may be referred to the same species were also caught at Fort Hall, at 
Ruiru river, at a village about 2 days march south of Meru boma ete. I am less 
sure about the identity of some Rats from Kagio because it is not easy to distin- 
guish this species from young BP. effectus. 
Epimys jacksoni De Winron. 
De Winton: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1897, Ser. 6, Vol. XX, p. 318. 
Specimens of this long-tailed Rat were collected in the lower forest region of 
Kenia, and a little outside the same between Embu boma and Meru boma the last 
days of January. Some of these specimens are decidedly much larger than De Wrn- 
TON’s type from Ntebbe,' but after comparison with the collections in British Museum 
Mr. DottMAN has stated the identity. 
The dimensions of my three largest specimens are: 
¢ Head and body. . . . 118 mm.,, tail 153 mm. 
g > ; ey, Wyte HELD os » 140 >» 
paws > paras te eee » 142 
Length of hind-foot about 26 mm. with claws, a little more than 24 without 
them. 
This Forest Rat has also been found on Kilimanjaro (LONNBERG), and south of 
Tanganyika (DoLLMAN). On Ruwenzori lives a closely allied subspecies. 
Epimys dennie Tomas. 
Tuomas: Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1906, Ser. 7, Vol. XVIII, p. 144. 
A specimen which well agrees with THomas’ description was caught in the 
mixed bamboo and forest belt of Kenia at an altitude of 2,700 m. A younger and 
darker specimen trapped at the same locality may also be referred to this species 
in spite of the difference in colour, which may be due to its age. 
This species was originally described from Ruwenzori, and THomMAs compared it 
with #. carillus from northern Angola, Pungo Andongo, and with 2. alleni from 
West Africa and Congo. This is of interest because it proves the western affinities 
of this Forest Rat. 
1 Tuomas has, however, declared this one to be young. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1906, Ser. 7, Vol. 
XVIII, p. 145. 
