316 Mr. W. E. de Winton on 
Opisthocosmia forcipata, de Haan, var. 
I have six females of a curious variety of this species, in 
which the head and pronotum, instead of being dark fuscous, 
are of a clear red. I can find no other points of distinction, 
and do not consider it of specific rank. These specimens all 
came from Sapit and Sambalun in Lombok ; I have specimens 
of the type form from Southern Celebes and not from Lombok, 
but have no specimens of this variety from other localities. 
O. forcipata is taken in Sumatra. 
Bellagio, Kast Grinstead. 
July 25, 1897. 
XXXIV.—On a Collection of small Mammals from Uganda. 
By W. E. pE WINTON. 
Mr. OLDFIELD THomAS has entrusted me with the working 
out of some small mammals collected at Ntebe or Hntebbi 
in Uganda, on the north-western shore of the Victoria Nyanza, 
by Mr. F. J. Jackson, to whom we are already so much 
indebted for our knowledge of the several faunas of Kast 
Africa. This collection was made about two years ago, but 
seems to have been mislaid and overlooked by the collector ; 
some of the specimens consequently have been badly damaged 
by beetles, but the majority are in excellent preservation, and 
among them are found two species of mice hitherto un- 
described. 
While working out this collection a specimen of Arvi- 
canthis which has long been in the British Museum is found 
to require a name, and this opportunity is taken of publishing 
the description, as the locality from which it was obtained 1s 
not very far distant. 
~The bats, with one exception, belong to species to be 
expected from this district, but, so far, very little collecting 
has been done on the western side of the lake, so that every 
specimen is of great interest, no account of the small mammals 
found there having yet been published. 
1. Rhinolophus Hildebrandti, Peters. 
Four specimens. 
2. Hipposiderus caffer (Sundev.). 
Five specimens in various colours as usual, with which 
age, sex, or season seem to have no connexion. 
3. Vesperugo tenuipinnis (Peters). 
Two specimens. 
