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c. Size medium : head and bodj^ 64-115 mm. ; hind foot 

 11-17 ; leugtli of skull 21-26-5 ; tooth-row 8-5-12. 

 a'. Third upper uuicuspids larger than second. 

 a^. General colour grej^ 



a^. Lower surface of body distinctly paler than upper. 

 Tooth-row 10-2. (Lukenya Hills, B.E.A.) 



(81) /. schistacea, Osg. 

 b^. Lower surface of body only slightly paler than 



upper. Tooth-row 11. (Mt. Gargues, B.E.A.) 

 (84) raineyi, Hell. 

 b"^. General colour brownish or blackish. 



a^. Third upper uuicuspids markedly broader than 

 second. 

 a*. Fur short (5 mm. in length on back) ; third upper 

 uuicuspids oval in transverse section ; tooth- 

 row 10-5. (Chagwe, Uganda.) 



(82) /. selina, subsp. n. 

 i''. Fur long (8 mm. in length on back) ; third upper 



unicuspids almost circular in transverse section ; 

 tooth-row 10-9. (Chiromo, Njasalaud.j 



(83) f. jolmstoni, subsp. n. 

 5'. Third upper unicuspids not very markedly broader 



than second, 

 a*. Colour above sepia-brown mottled with greyish 

 buff. (Mt. Kenya, B.E.A.) 



(79) famusa, Thos. 

 6*. Colour above dark slaty black. (Mt. Ruwenzori.) 



(80) /. montits, Thos. 

 b' . Third upper unicuspids about equal in size to second. 



a^. Colour above dark brownish or blackish brown. 

 a^. Caudal bristle-hairs very few in number, restricted 

 to proximal end. Colour dark blackish brown. 

 Tooth-row 12. (Como River, Gaboon.) 



(60) batesi, sp. n. 

 P. Caudal bristle-hairs normal, 

 a*. Tail shorter, 40 mm. or less. 



a°. Colour above almost black. Tail 32 mm. in 

 length ; hind foot 12-5. (Angola.) 



(51) t. angol(e, subsp. n. 

 v. Colour above sepia-brown, speclded with 

 golden buff. Tail 35-40 mm. in length ; 

 hind foot 13. (Gold Coast.) 



(59) p. pamela, subsp, n. 

 c^. Colour above brownish black. Tail 40 mm. 

 in length ; hind foot 15. (Liberia.) 



(9) biittikofen, Jent. 

 ¥. Tail longer, more than 40 mm. in length. 

 fl^ Size larger : head and body 98-115 mm. ; 

 length of skull 24-5-26-5; tooth-row 10-6- 

 11-5. 

 a". Colour above mummy-brown, below greyish 

 brown. Head and body 115 mm. ; length 

 of skull 25-5 ; tooth-row 11-3. (Kampala, 

 Uganda) .... (52) t. mutesce, Hell. 

 b^. Colour above dark sepia-brown, below 



