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prominent superomarginals, all in a single linear series. 

 Adambulacral armature as in Solaster. Papulae numerous 

 and prominent. 



Type, Crossaster alternatus, Fisher, Proc. Washington 

 Acad. Sciences, viii. 1906, p. 131. Santa Barbara Islands, 

 Cal., 414 fathoms. 



XXV. — On a Collection of Mammals made bi/ Mr. S. A. 

 Neave, during his Expedition in Northern Rhodesia. By 

 Guy Dollman. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



The area in which Mr. Neave collected is situated between 

 Lake Bangweolo and Lake Mweru, bounded on the west by 

 the Luapula River, and on the east by the Mchinga Escarp- 

 ment, extending as far north as the southern end of Lake 

 Tanganyika and as far south as Mpika. No collection of 

 maminals of any importance has ever been received from 

 this district before, and therefore it is not surprising to find 

 that some of the specimens represent new and hitherto un- 

 described forms. The mammalian fauna of this area would 

 appear to be very similar to that of North Nyasaland, and 

 though a few of the species show a distinct relationship with 

 the West African fauna, the majority of forms are East 

 African. The mammals of the Kalungwisi and Chambezi 

 Rivers appear very much the same as those that occur on the 

 Nyika Plateau, mixed with a sprinkling of South Nyasa 

 forms, such as the small Zomba dormouse, Graphiurus john- 

 stoni, Thos., a specimen of which Mr. Neave obtained from 

 the Chambezi River District. Some of the species would 

 appear to indicate a relationship with the Tanganyika and 

 Uganda faunas. Thus we find in the collection both the 

 Marungu dormouse Graphiurus microtis, Noack, and the 

 East African Mus jacksont, de Wint. 



Of the novelties, the Shrews are perhaps the most 

 interesting. One of the forms, Crocidura luna, was obtained 

 by Mr. Neave during his earlier expedition in Katanga. 

 Since my paper on the Katanga mammals *, the series of 

 Central and East African Crocidura in the British Museum 

 collection has been considerably increased, and it is now 

 evident that these Katanga specimens ought to be considered as 



* Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) iii. p. 350 (li>00). 



