Main nulls from yyasalaiul. 187 



.'50. Pant.verus cepapl simli, Tlios. & Wrought. 



S. 118, ;U7, MS, Ud. Cliiroiiin. 



c? . 119. Niumiliimljo, near Chiroino. 



"Only found in open forest-country, never in the thick 

 jungles, p.irticularly where the ' nisania '-tree (inopani of 

 llhotlesia), Copaifera mopane, abounls. In places they are 

 very numerous, and sometimes many may be seen together 

 rushing about among the low trees or on the ground. They 

 do not often enter thick forests of this ' msunia ' tree, but 

 remain in the open forest on the outskirts. Native name 

 ' Isindo. 



40. Taterona nyasce shirensia, Wrought. 



S. 154, 223, 231 ; ? . 37, 100, 390. Chiromo. 



? . 254, 255, 425. Cholo. 



? . 22. Chikouje, Ruo. 



"Very numerous everywhere, in both high and low 

 country. Mang'anja name ' mbewa.' In some places it 

 forms a staple article of diet among all tribes of natives, and 

 is frequently seen in the markets exposed for sale, split open, 

 and toasted on sticks, being sold in this condition, and much 

 esteemed. A great garden pest.'' 



41. Dendromus whytei. Wrought. 



cJ . 277, 302, 416, 417, 443, 445 ; ? . 307, 367, 405, 408, 

 420. Ciiolo. 



"Lives in grass-nests in small shrubs or long grass-stems, 

 sometimes air.ong the roots of tull standing grass. All the 

 tree-mice are generalized by the natives under one name — 

 'sonto.' Have often found their nests among the fruit of a 

 bunch of bananas on the plant." 



42. Dendromus (Poemys) nyikce, Wi'ought. 

 J. 285; ? . 292. Cholo. 



43. Steatomys pratensis, Pet. 



cJ. 65, 97, 110, 212, 213, 214, 218; ?. GO, 77, 93. 

 Chiromo. 



cJ. 247, 260; ? . 278, 323, 324. Cholo. 



? . 318, 320. Makwira's, Kuo. 



(J. 313. Mlanje Road, Kuo. 



" Saifl by natives to make its own holes in the ground. 



