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brio-liter buffy, almost as in tenella. Outer side of hind limbs 

 dull greyish to ankles. Whole of under surface, hands, and 

 feet pure white to the roots of the hairs. Ears blackish 

 brown, the fine hairs on the metentote whitish. Tail dark 

 brown above, whitish below. 



Skull apparently as in true tenella, but owing to that of 

 the type being imperfect in parts, this cannot be stated as to 

 every detail. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 53 mm. ; tail 33 ; hind foot 11 ; ear 10. 



Skull: greatest length (c.) 16"6 ; palatal length 9*6 ; length 

 of upper molar series 3. 



Type. Young adult female. B.M. no. 10. 7. 2. 106. Origi- 

 nal number 1092. Collected 24th May, 1910. 



This belongs to quite a different type of Leggada from the 

 ordinary E. -African L. bella and its allies, its elongated 

 palate and other characters approximating it alone to L. te- 

 nella, of which it forms a local representative. 



26. Arvicanthis neumanni, Matsch. 



J. 1044, 1095, 1102 ; ? . 1042, 1043, 1093, 1094, 1103. 

 Taveta. 



Type locality Irangi, German E. Africa, about 150 miles 

 S.W. of Taveta. 



27. Arvicanthis pumilio diminutus, Thos. 

 ? . 1189. Eombo. 



28. Arvicanthis barbarus convictus, Osg. 



? . 1060. Taveta. 



Quite agreeing with a topotype from Voi obtained by 

 Mr. Kemp on April 29th. 



29. Arvicanthis pulchellus ardens, subsp. n. 



S . 1118, 1119, 1170, 1171, 1182, 1188, 1198 ; ? . 1115, 

 1116,1190. liombo. 



Similar in all essential characters to the ordinary E.-African 

 striped rat (A. p. massaicus, Pag. ; type locality Naivasha), 

 but the colour warmer throughout. The whitish or cream- 

 buff stripes and spots more strongly buffy and the ground- 

 colour browner, not the distinct greyish of massaicus, in 

 which also the fore-back is clearer giey than the posterior. 

 Hind feet much more strongly buffy, ranging from clay- 

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