1896.] EKOM BRITISH SOUTH AFEIOA. 807' 



Mr. Darling's collection wbere no two are exactly alike in colouring, 

 these are all absolutely identical, soft grizzled fawn-yellow. ■ 



2. MUS EATTUS, L. 



2 skins and skulls,' 6 2 • 



" Trapped in house ; very common." — F. 0. S. 



These two agree with those received from Mr. Darling. 



3. Mus OHBisoPHiLTjs \ mihi. 



8 skins, 9 skulls : 4 c? , 3 5 , 1 not sexed. Aug.-Oct. 



"Trapped in rooky kopje, common: but one taken near house; 

 carrot for bait ; very common." — F. C. S. 



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 colne 

 from gold-bearing districts. 



4. Mus AUEicoMis ", mihi. 



3 skins with skulls : 2 $ , 1 <^ . Sept. and Oct. 

 " Trapped in Eocky kopje." — F. C. S. 



Agreeing perfectly with the Mazoe animals described above. 



5. Mus, sp. ' 

 6 skins with skulls. Sept. and Oct. 



" Trapped near house ; can-ot for bait ; common." — F, O. S. 



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 NATAliEN-SIS (?). 



6 skins and skulls : 2 J , 4 cJ . Aug.-Oct. 

 " Trapped in Kaffir garden by a stream ; common." — F. 0. S. 

 Unfortunately the mamma) are not traceable in either of the 

 females. 



7. AooMva SELOUsi, sp. nov. (Plate XL. fig. 2.) 



4 skins, 5 skulls : 2 5,1 cf , 1 not sexed. 



" No. 33, Mouse, ^ , Matabeleland ; 8 Oct. 1895. Trapped in 

 rocky kopje."- — F. C. S. 



Collector's measurements taken in the flesh : — H. & b. 83 mm. ; 

 tl. 92-5; h. f. lG-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 



• Above, p. 801. 

 = Above, p. 802. 



