174 Messrs. O. Thomas and R. C. Wroughton on 



This specimen is quite young, but belongs to a form with 

 black dorsal stripe. 



24. Steatomys Bocagei, Thos. 



cJ . 40. Biiigondo, Bihe. 



? . 57. Chiffamba, Bihe. Alt. 4900 feet. 



25. Steatomys minutus^ sp. n. 



$. 81. Fort Quillenges, Benguella. 



Smaller than any form of Steatomys as yet described. 



Hairs of the back soft, 5-6 mm. long. General colour of 

 upper surface of the body near 'Miair-brown " (Ridgway), 

 paling to drab on the sides ; a sharp line marking the change 

 to the pure white of the underside. Individual hairs of the 

 back slate-coloured at their bases, paling to buff and tipped 

 with black ; those of the belly white to their bases. Face 

 coloured like the back, cheeks and area behind the eyes to the 

 base of the ears paler. Chin, lips, and "whisker-patch" 

 white. Ears moderate, a tuft of fulvous hairs at their base 

 in front ; a narrow white margin to the conch behind. Fore 

 legs white, as are also the inner side of the thigh and hind 

 feet. Tail short, dark above, pale below, especially at its 

 base. 



Dimensions (those of the body taken in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 85 mm. ; tail 33 ; hind foot 13 ; ear 12. 



Skull : greatest length 21*5 ; nasals 8 ; interorbital 

 breadth 4; greatest breadtii 11'5; basilar length 17; 

 diastema 6; palatal foramina 4'5 ; upper molar row 3'4. 



Ilab. Quillenges, Benguella. 



Type. S' B.M. no. 5. 5. 9. 56. Original number 81. 

 Taken January 11th, 1905. 



The nearest ally of this little species seems to be S. pent- 

 onyx, Scl.*, from the Cape Peninsula. 



c? . 66 ; ? . 65. Caconda, Benguella. 



27. Mus. sp. (multiraammate). 



S . 41. Bingondo, Bihd. Alt. 5100 feet. 



J . 48. Pedreira. Bihe. Alt. 5200 feet. 



c? . 28, 31 J ? . 29. Caconda, Benguella. Alt. 5700 feet. 



* Malacothrix pentowjx, W. Sclat. Ann. S. Afr. Mu#. i. p. 20i' (1899) ; 

 Mamm. S. Afr. ii. p. 86 (1901). 



