Matnwah fro))i Lake Xgami, dr. 397 



15. Steatotnys prateiisisyVct. 



S . 70; ? . GO, 71, 72. Mab:ibe Flat^, Ngamiland. 



*' I foiiiul tlicse mice liviii^ij in small colonics in tlic dry 

 niopani torest near the marslica ; tiieir holes do not «;o <lee[) 

 into the ground, but spread out for a considerable distance 

 itito numerous ramifications. They refused all kinds of baits, 

 and were only obtained by digging them out." 



16. Epiviys nic/ricauda, Thos. 



? . 11. Molopo River, South Africa. 



*' Tiiese mice frequent the kanu'el-thorn forests all over 

 the Kalahari, especially where the trees are large, and they 

 seem more numerous in the neighbourhood of water. They 

 breed and spend all the daytime in the trees, only coming 

 down on to the ground at night to feed. Tliey generally 

 choose an old hollow tree, into which a groat quantity of dry 

 grass is packed, sometimes as much as 20 teet from the 

 ground. By setting Hre to the nest they are easily smoked 

 out, but not so easily caught, as they are very expert 

 climbers and jump from the ends of a bough into a bush and 

 80 to the ground and escape in the grass." 



17. Epimys darnarensis, de Wint. 



cJ . 41, 48, 50, 74 ; ? . 40, 42, 49. Lake Ngami. 



This series is of considerable interest, as with theexception 

 of the type the only other representative of the species 

 \\\ the Musfum collection is an imperfect and rather faded 

 example collected by Audersson more than fifty years ago. 

 Hitherto it has been impossible to decide with certainty the 

 relationship of the species, but it is now evident, fiom exami- 

 nation of the skulls, that E. darnarensis is closely allied to 

 E. nigricauda, Thos., and from Mr. VVoosnam's field-notes it 

 appears that both species are semi-arboreal. 



"The habits of this species are identical with those of 

 E. nigricauday 



18. Epimys namaqnensift^ A. Smith. 



? . 5, 12. Molopo River, S. Africa. 



<j. 20; ? . 19. Lehutituiig, Kalahari. 



(J. 37. North of Okua, Kalahari. 



? . G7. East bank of Tamalakan River, Ngamiland. 

 "This species does not climb trees, but I have frequently 

 found their nests in old hollow trees which were lyin"- on the 

 ground. They are fond of frequenting rocks and the dry 



