^f(ll)ltn'll•i from Xorth-east Africa. 305 



Skull with very widely open palatal foramina. Molars 

 aj)parciitly rather broader than usual. 



Dinieiisions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 139 mm.; tail 60; hind foot 20; ear If). 



Skull : greatest leni;th 30 ; basilar leii;;th 2;j'2 ; nasals 12 2; 

 intororbital breadth G ; Icni^th of palatal foramina Q-Q ; 

 lenn'th of upper molar series 5"(j. 



JIah. Di.striet east of the Upper Omo. Type from Bodeli, 

 Walamo. Alt. 6200'. 



Type. Subadult male. Original number 145. Collected 

 15th September, 1905. 



This animal may be distinguished from its allies by its 

 markctUy greyer colour and finer speckling. Ii has the short 

 tail of L. Jlavopiinclafus. 



The genus Lophuromys falls readily into two groups of 

 species — the one from Eastern Africa (Abyssinia to Nyasa), 

 with speckled fur, and the other Western (Uganda to the 

 Gold Coast), with unspeckled fur. Whether the forms 

 within each of the groups will be found to intergrade remains 

 to be seen, but for the present I have thought it best to use 

 a binomial term for the Eastern Omo animal. 



I have named this species in honour of Mr. Ph. C. Zaphiro, 

 the collector, who deserves the greatest credit for his remark- 

 able exploring-trip, of wliich the series of mammals only 

 forms a small part of the outcome. 



Lophuromys aquilus hrunneus, subsp. n. 



General colour pale brownish, without the yellowish tone 

 of L.Jlavopunctatus, the liglit rings of the hairs " clay-colour.^' 

 Under surface variable as usual, ranging from pale brown to 

 clay-colour. Hands and feet pale brownish, with or without 

 a central dark metatarsal streak. Tail long as compared 

 with that of L. flavopunctatus, apparently more as in the 

 East-African aquilus, its colour not so conspicuously bicolor 

 as in jlavopunctatus , the under surface only slightly lighter 

 than the upper. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 125 mm.; tail 80; hind foot 23 ; ear 20. 



Skull: length of nasals 117; interorbital breadth 6"5 j 

 diastema 8'5; palatal foramina 6'8x2'7; length of upper 

 molar series 5*3. 



Hah. District west of the Upper Omo. Type from Manno, 

 Jimma. Alt. 420o'. 



Tiipe. Male. Original number 90. Collected 13th May, 

 ]905. 



