1906.] MAMMALS FHOM NORTH-EAST TRANSVAAL. 589 



are the skull obtained by Mr. Selous, on which the species was 

 founded, and an example collected by Mr. P. 0. Reid at Linyati, 

 and figured in our ' Proceedings'*. 



" Basuto name ' Manhauta.' 



" Rare everywhere. Nocturnal only." — 0. H. B. G. 



32. Canis mesomelas Ehrenb. 



$. 1348. 



" Basuto name ' Pagure.' 



" Not uncommon, but seldom seen and very difficult to trap. 

 A considerable source of annoyance to the farmers, who persecute 

 them at all times and seasons." — 0. H. B. G. 



33. IcTONYX cAPENSis Kaup. 



6. 1193. 



" Basuto name ' Kopani.' 



" Not uncommon, frequenting the kopjes and open countiy at 

 night in search of food." — C. H. B. G. 



34. Tatera brantsii Smith. 



2. 1171, 1196. 

 " Basuto name ' Leboka '."— C. H. B. G. 



35. Tatera miliaria salsa Wrought. 



5. 1172, 1175, 1176, 1187, 1188, 1211. 5. 1164. 



This is the series on which Mr. Wroughton founded the 

 subspecies f. 



36. Otomys irroratus Bts. 



c?. 1131, 1132, 1158. $. 1133, 1134, 1135. 



These specimens approximate in colour to the Otomys lamiiiatiis 

 described by us in an earlier paper on Mr. Rudd's mammals, 

 though their laminal formula shows them to be true irroratus. 



" Basuto names ' Beba' and ' Ibuka.' 



" In the Woodbush hills they were found on the steep 

 srass-covered hillsides some considerable distance from water," — 

 b. H. B. G. 



37. Dendromus mesomelas Bts. 



6. 1338. 



This specimen has the black dorsal stripe less prominent than 

 appears to be usual. 



38. Mus CHRYSOPHiLus do Wint. 



d. 1181, 1191. $. 1124, 1128, 1154, 1165, 1169, 1205, 

 1208, 1339. 



" Basuto name ' Lohauto ' (a rat). 



" Common everywhere, especially in the cultivated lands." — 

 0. H. B, G. 



* P. Z. S. 1901, i. p. 2, pi. i. 



t Ann. Mag. N. H. (7) xvii. p. 485 (1906). 



