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  Mr. 
  G. 
  Dollman 
  on 
  

  

  Dendromus 
  insignis, 
  Thos. 
  

  

  S. 
  1633, 
  1647, 
  1664, 
  1680, 
  1697, 
  1713 
  ; 
  ? 
  . 
  1542, 
  1660, 
  

   1720. 
  Solai, 
  Mt. 
  Kenya. 
  

  

  Epimys 
  dennia, 
  Thos. 
  

  

  <?. 
  1537, 
  1544, 
  1545, 
  1631,1648, 
  1703, 
  1727; 
  ? 
  . 
  1570. 
  

   Solai, 
  Mt. 
  Kenya. 
  

  

  Epimys 
  jacksoni, 
  de 
  Wint. 
  

  

  <? 
  . 
  1549, 
  1550, 
  1557, 
  1562, 
  1569, 
  1627, 
  1639, 
  1649, 
  1702, 
  

   1717,1722; 
  ?. 
  1577, 
  1601, 
  1608, 
  1693. 
  Solai, 
  Mt. 
  Kenya. 
  

   <J 
  . 
  1490 
  ; 
  $ 
  . 
  1483. 
  Rumruti, 
  Laikipia 
  Plateau. 
  

  

  Epimys 
  medicatus, 
  Wrought. 
  

  

  <J. 
  1500, 
  1503; 
  ?. 
  1487, 
  1507, 
  1508. 
  Rumruti, 
  

   Laikipia 
  Plateau. 
  

  

  <?. 
  1339, 
  1351, 
  1360. 
  Baringo. 
  

  

  Epimys 
  effectus, 
  sp. 
  u. 
  

  

  Similar 
  in 
  general 
  colouring 
  to 
  E. 
  Uganda, 
  de 
  Wint., 
  but 
  

   smaller 
  in 
  size. 
  

  

  Size 
  and 
  general 
  proportions 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  E. 
  Uganda 
  ; 
  hind 
  

   foot 
  markedly 
  smaller, 
  measuring 
  only 
  22 
  or 
  23 
  mm. 
  in 
  

   length, 
  while 
  in 
  E. 
  Uganda 
  the 
  hind 
  foot 
  is 
  much 
  larger, 
  

   measuring 
  about 
  26 
  or 
  28 
  mm. 
  in 
  length. 
  Tail 
  rather 
  short 
  

   compared 
  with 
  that 
  of 
  E. 
  ugandce. 
  Size 
  of 
  body 
  small. 
  

   General 
  colour 
  of 
  upper 
  surface 
  brownish 
  buff, 
  the 
  effect 
  

   being 
  very 
  much 
  as 
  in 
  Apodemus 
  sylvaticus, 
  but 
  rather 
  

   yellower. 
  Hairs 
  all 
  with 
  slate-grey 
  bases, 
  buff-coloured 
  

   subterminul 
  rings 
  and 
  dark 
  tips, 
  the 
  dark 
  hair-tips 
  most 
  

   prominent 
  down 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  back. 
  Flanks 
  yellowish 
  

   buff, 
  faintly 
  speckled 
  with 
  brown, 
  the 
  buffy 
  tint 
  passing 
  

   abruptly 
  into 
  the 
  white 
  coloration 
  of 
  the 
  ventral 
  surface. 
  

   Sides 
  of 
  face 
  and 
  neck 
  bright 
  buff-coloured. 
  Backs 
  of 
  hands 
  

   and 
  feet 
  white. 
  Entire 
  underparts, 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  Uganda, 
  greyish 
  

   white 
  ; 
  hairs 
  of 
  belly 
  all 
  with 
  slate-grey 
  bases 
  and 
  whitish 
  

   tips. 
  Tail, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  multi-mammate 
  

   group, 
  almost 
  naked 
  and 
  rather 
  darker 
  above 
  than 
  below. 
  

  

  Skull 
  markedly 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  Uganda, 
  shorter 
  and 
  con- 
  

   siderably 
  narrower 
  across 
  the 
  zygomatic 
  region. 
  Auditory 
  

   bullse 
  and 
  teeth 
  smaller. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (measured 
  in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  139 
  mm.; 
  tail 
  124; 
  hind 
  foot 
  23'5 
  ; 
  

   ear 
  18. 
  

  

  