new African Rodents and lasectivores. 149 



Two specimens, collected by Dr. C. Christy. 



This Mylomys is readily distinguished by the large size of 

 its skull and its white underside, the other species all having 

 grey-based belly-hairs. 



I have named this handsome species in honour of King 

 Albert I. of Belgium, whose gallant fight against the mis- 

 fortunes of his country has been the admiration of all the 

 civilized world. 



Mylomys lutescens, sp. n. 



8ize slightly larger than in M. cuninghaynei. General 

 colour yellowish buffy, heavily lined with black. Rump not 

 prominently more ochraceous or rufous, though there are a 

 lew ochraceou-5 hairs just round the base of tlie tail. Sides 

 slightly greyer. Under surface dull creamy whitish, the 

 basal halves of the hairs slaty. Eais brown, not contrasting 

 with the general colour. Hands pale brownish. Feet buffy 

 on the metatarsals, whiter along the edges and on tiie digits. 

 Tail blackish above, whitish on sides and below. 



Skull of same size as in M. cuninghaitiei ; palatal fora- 

 mina more widely open ; bullae larger. 



Molars distinctly larger than in cuninghamei, the series 

 very slightly longer, but the teeth decidedly broader and 

 heavier (breadth of m^ 2*6 mm. as compared with 2 3). 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 144 nmi. ,- tail 141 ; hind foot 34 ; ear 19. 



Skull: greatest length 35; condylo-incisive length 31*8; 

 zygomatic breadth 16"2 ; interorbital breadth 4'7 ; palatal 

 foramina 7"2 X 3 ; upper molar series 8. 



Ilah. S.W. Uganda. Type from Nalasanji. 5000'. 

 Another specimen from Kiduha, Lake Mutanda. 6000'. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 11. 12. 3. 353. Original 

 number 2339. Collected 8th July, 1911, by Robin Kemp. 



Distinguished from M. cuninghamei by its more buffy, less 

 tawny colour, and by the greater breadth of its molars. The 

 difference in tail-length is doubtful, since the tail of the type 

 of M. cuninghamei, measured by its discoverer and published 

 by me as 102 mm., was probably longer in reality; in its 

 present state it is certainly imperfect terminally. 



Ejnmys longicaudatus ituricus, subsp. n. 



Epimys sebastianus, Dollman, Kev, Zool. Africaine, iv. p. 81 (1914), 

 nee de Wint. 



General characters as in the Cameroons E. longicaudatus *, 



* Dasymys longicaudatus, Tullberg. 



Mus sebastianus, de Wint. 



When de Winton described his Mus sehastianus from the Caoieroona 

 Ann. <& Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 8. Vol. xvi. II 



