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Approaching in its dark coloration A. pumilio dilectus, 

 de Wint., rather than A. p. ct?iereus, Thos. & Schw. 



20. Pelomys campance, Huet. 



? . 9. Eland's Water. 



? . 12, 13. Kupa, Benguella. Alt. 3000 feet. 



21. Pelomys /rater, Thos. 

 cJ . 52. Pedreiia, Bih^. 



22. Dendromus Ansorgei, sp. n. 



S . 39. Caiala, Bihe. 



? . 23. Cacouda. 



A small species without dorsal stripe. Hair of the back 

 soft and long (7-8 mm.), shorter and more sparse on the belly. 

 General colour of upperside of body near " ochraceous buff" 

 (Ridgwaj), but tlie long hair, which is slaty at the base and 

 fulvous terminally, is easily disarranged, and the animal then 

 looks darker and duller in colour than it really is. Under 

 surface only differing from the upper in being rather paler. 

 Face of the same colour as the body, cheeks rather paler, chin 

 and throat white. Ears large, only very sparsely covered 

 with short hairs. Tail long and slender, dark above, pale 

 below. 



Skull short and broad, the orbit very broad anteriorly, so 

 that the zygomata are parallel in their whole length. 



Dimensions of type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 60 mm.; tail 72 ; hind foot 17 ; ear 10. 



Skull : greatest length 19 ; basilar length ll'O ; greatest 

 breadth 10 ; nasals, length 7 ; interorbital breadth 3 ; 

 diastema 4:"5 ; length of upper molar series 3"2. 



Hah. Caconda, Benguella. 



Type. ? . B.M, no. 5. 5. 9. 52. Original number 23. 

 Collected September 7th, 1904. A second specimen was taken 

 at Caiala, Bihe, alt. 5600 feet, on the 17th October. 



This species most resembles D. messorius, Thos.*, from 

 the Cameroons. It differs from that species by its smaller 

 size, longer looser coat, and by the coloration of its under 

 surface, which is little lighter than the upper, instead of 

 being nearly white. 



23. Dendromus sp. 

 S . 54. Pedreira, Bih6. 



* Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) xii. p. 340 (1903). 



