936 MR. OLBFIEID THOMAS ON MAMMALS [DeC. 14, 



35. Steatomts pkatensis, Pet. 

 a-c. Fort Hill, July 1896. 



36. Mrs AEBOEARixTS, Pet. 



a-c. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. 



d. Fort Hill, July 1896. 



e,f. Zomba, August and November 1896. 



37. MiJS CHETSoPHiLus, De Wint. 



a-j. Nyika Plateau, June, July, 1896. 

 Tc, I. Fort Hill, July 1897. 



38 & 39. Mus, spp. 



a. Puarwe, Lake Nyasa, June 1 896. 



h. JSjika Plateau, June, July, 1896. 



c-n. Fort Hill, July 1898. 



0, p. Karouga, July. 



q. Kombe, Masuku Eauge, July. 



r, s. Zomba, August. 



t-y. Mt. Malosa, November. 



A large number of specimens belonging to the two groups 

 characterized respectively by their numerous mammae (multi- 

 mammate) and by having the mammary formula 3 — 2 = 10. It 

 is impossible to work them out more definitely at present. 



40. Mrs NxiKiE, Thos. 



See above, p. 431. 



a-f. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. /, the 

 type (No. 97. 10, 1. 189). 



This distinct new species seems to have no very near relations 

 among described forms. 



41. Mus RATTUS, L. 



a. Euarwe, June 1896. 

 h-f. Fort Hill, July 1896. 



42. LopHTJROMTS AQTJiius, True. 



a-e. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1897. 



43. Dasymys kaiseei, Noack. 



a-e. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. 

 /. Fort Hill. July 1896. 



There can be little doubt that Noack's Mus kaiseri^ from 

 Marungu is a Dasymys, and it seems to agree very closely with 

 the present examples. 



1 Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 228 (1887). 



