MininnaJf frain Mount Ktlitnaiiiuro. lil',) 



bri!i;htor hiitrv, nlinost as in tf'nfl/d. Ont<!r si'le ol' liiii'l liinl)< 

 dull j^rcyidli to ankles. Whole (jf under surface, liand^, and 

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

 brown, the fine hairs on tho mcteutote whitish. Tail dark 

 brown above, whitish below. 



Skull apparently as in true tenella, but owin^ to that of 

 the type bi-iu^ imperfect in parts, this cannot bo stated as to 

 every detail. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body .53 mm. ; tail 3!i ; hind foot IL ; ear 10. 



Skull : greatest length (c.) 166 ; palatal length U'6 ; lengtli 

 of upper molar series 3. 



Ti/pe. Young adult female. B..M. no. 10. 7. 2. lOG. Origi- 

 nal number 10U2. Collected -Jtth May, I'JIO. 



This belongs to quite a different type of Leggada from the 

 ordinary E.-.\frican L. bella and its allies, its elongated 

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

 nella^ of which it forms a local representative. 



26. Arvicanthis neumanni, Matsch. 



f?. 1044, 1095, 1102 ; ? . 1042, 1043, 101)3,1094, 1103. 

 'i'aveta. 



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

 S.W. of Taveta. 



27. Arvicanthis pumilio dimiiiutuSf Thos. 

 ? . 1180. Rombo. 



28. Arvicanthis barbarus convictus, Osg. 



? . 1060. Taveta. 



Quite agreeing with a topotype from Voi obtained by 

 ]\Ir. Kemp on April 29th. 



29. Arcicanthis pulchellus ardens, subsp. n. 



cJ. 1118,1119,1170,1171,1182,1188,1198; ?. lU:,, 

 1116,1190. Itombo. 



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

 striped rat (^1. p. massaicus, l*ag. ; tyjx' locality Naivasha), 

 but tlie colour warmer throughout. The whitish or creani- 

 butf stripes and spots more strongly butly and the ground- 

 colour browner, not the distinct greyish of masiaicusy in 

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

 Hind feet much more strongly bufty, ranging from cluy- 



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