tietc Afitcan Mmninals, 377 



Dimensions of the tvjn^, teeth unworn (measured in the 

 flesh) :— 



lleacl and body lG-3 mm. ; tail 138 ; hind foot 31 ; 

 ear 20. 



►Skull: greatest length 37 ; condylo-incisive length 35*7; 

 greatest breadth 10'8 ; nasals li-5; interorbital breadth 5'5; 

 palatilar length 18; palatal foramina 9"8 ; upi)er molar 

 series 7"1. 



Ilah. Kigezi, Mfnmbiro region, S.W. Uganda. Alt. 6000'. 



Tyi>e. Young adult female. Original number 1985. Col- 

 leeted lOth April, 1911, by liobin Kemp. One specimen. 



Of twelve speeimens of I£. xodlamba'^ mostly of greater ag3, 

 from various localities in Rhodesia and Soutliern Congo, not 

 one has a hind foot approaching within 4 or 5 mm. the length 

 of the foot in the present animal, which evidently represents 

 a distinct longer-looted form. The skull does not aj)pear to 

 difl'er in any respect. 



Lophuromys pritt'iei, sp. n. 



A long-tailed species of the L. ivoosnanii group. 



General proportions about as in L. woosnami^ though the 

 animal is a little larger, the feet longer, and the tail is a little 

 shorter than the head and body, instead of being usually a 

 little longer. Fur and colour just as in L. woosjumtt, except 

 that the isolated yellowish hairs which sprinkle the coat of 

 that species are almost entirely absent. 



(Skull rather longer than that of L.woosnami. Interorbital 

 region of dift'erent shape, the true interorbital part lengthened 

 at the expense of the intertemporal, the distance from the 

 anterior corner of the orbit along the rounded supraorbital 

 border to the point where the latter cuts the postorbital ridge 

 5 mm. as compared with about 3'5. The ridges themselves 

 not evenly divergent, but concave outward to a point on the 

 fronto-| arietal suture, where a postorbital angle is formed. 

 Bar below anteorbital foramen rather more normal than in 

 L. looo^navn, broader (1*9 mm. as compared with 1*6), its 

 anterior edge more convex. Talatal foramina not penetrating 

 so far backward, their hinder end level with the middle of" 

 the middle cusp of the front lamina of ni\ 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body Hi mm.; tail 110; hind foot 25*2; 

 ear 21 "5. 



Skull: greatest length 32 ; condylo-incisive length 28'7; 

 zygomatic breadth li'O ; nasals 14"l) ; interorbital breadth Q'b ; 



