1896.) FROM BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. 807° 
Mr. Darling’s collection where no two are exactly alike in colouring, 
these are all absolutely identical, soft grizzled fawn-yellow. 
2. Mus rartus, L. 
2 skins and skulls, d 2. 
“ Trapped in house; very common.”—F. C. 8S, 
These two agree with those received from Mr. Darling. 
3. Mus cHRYSOPHILUS *, mihi. 
8 skins, 9 skulls: 4 ¢,3 9,1 notsexed. Aug.—Oct. 
‘Trapped in rocky kopje, common: but one taken near house ; 
carrot for bait; very common.”’—F. C. 8S. 
These specimens agree in every particular with those described 
above from Mashunaland, and we may hope that Essex Farm will 
turn out a gold-mine, as all the specimens yet received have come 
from gold-bearing districts. 
4, Mus auricomis *, mihi. 
3 skins with skulls: 2 9,1. Sept. and Oct. 
“ Trapped in Rocky kopje.’—F. C. NS. 
Agreeing perfectly with the Mazoe animals described above. 
5. Mus, sp. 
6 skins with skulls. Sept. and Oct. 
“Trapped near house ; carrot for bait; common.”—F. C. 8S. 
These Mice are very uniform in colour, of a more yellow-tinted 
colour than one of about the same size in Mr. Darling’s Mazoe 
collection, and differing in the shape of the skull, but topotypes 
of the earlier described species are necessary before we can pro- 
perly unravel this difficult group. They are of the multimammate 
group. 
6, Mus NavTaLENsIs (?). 
6 skins and skulls: 29,4 6. Aug—Oct. 
“Trapped in Kaffir garden by a stream ; common.”—F. C. S. 
Unfortunately the mamme are not traceable in either of the 
females. 
7. ACOMYS SELOUSI, sp. nov. (Plate XL. fig. 2.) 
4 skins, 5 skulls: 2 9,1 9, 1 not sexed. 
““No. 33, Mouse, 3, Matabeleland; 8 Oct. 1895. Trapped in 
rocky kopje.”—/. C. 8. 
Collector’s measurements taken in the flesh :—H. & b. 83 mm. ; 
tl. 92°5; h. f. 16-5; ear 14. ; 
Upper parts smoky rufous-brown or coffee-colour, more smoky 
on the face and darker on the dorsal region ; clear chestnut-brown 
on the cheeks, sides, and a patch behind each ear. Whole of the 
1 Above, p. 801. 
2 Above, p. 802. 
