On small Mammals from Vjarkent. 5f)3 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XXIIL 



Fig. 1. Dorsal view, x 3. 



Fiq. 2. Antennule. 



Fif/. 3. Antenna. 



Fig. 4. Left maxilla, inner side. 



Fig. 5. Part of left maxilla, outer side. 



Fig. 6. First maxilla, outer lobe. 



Fig. 7. First maxilla, inner lobe. 



Fig. 8. Left maxillipede. 



Fig. 9. Second thoracic appendage, p.d., pit-like depression. 



Fig. 10 a. First right abdominal appendage. 



Fig. 10 b. Second right abdominal appendage. 



Fig. 11. Uropod from right side. 



LXIV. — A new Nycteiis//'om N.W. Rhodesia. 

 Bj Knud Andersen. 



Nycteris looodi, sp. n. 



A member of the N. a:thiopica group (see Atin. & MaT^. 

 N. H. (8) X. p. 549, Nov. iyi2), differing from the other 

 representatives of the same group by its much smaller size 

 and relatively longer ears, and from all other forms ot" the 

 genus by having the fur of the underparts pure white, without 

 any trace of darker bases to the hairs. 



Forearm 42*5 ram. ; ear from base of inner margin 

 (relaxed) about 29. Skull, total length to front of canine 18'2; 

 condylo-canine length 1.5"8 ; maxillary tooth-row (crowns) 6. 



Tvpe, skin and skull of an adult, Chilanga, N.W. Rho- 

 desia, 4100', Nov. 1913, presented by R. C. Wood, Esq. 

 B.M. 14. 4. 22. 2. 



LXV. — On small Mammals from Djarkent, Central Asia, 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



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



The British Museum owes to the generosity of the Hon. N. 

 Charle3 Rothschild the donation of a series of upwards 

 of 300 small mammals collected by Mr. W. Riickbeil at 

 Djarkent, Semiretchensk, Central Asia, a place situated on 

 the Uszek River, Middle Hi, at the western end of the Thian- 

 shan Mountains. A few specimens were also obtained by 



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