294 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND R. C. WROUGHTON ON [Mar. 19, 



by Herr Neumann to his F. palliaius s^iahelicus from the same 

 region, and we have no doubt as to their identity ; suahelicus 

 Neum. must therefore give way to the older frerei Gray. 



22. Tatera lobengul^ bechuan^ Wrought. 



c? . 1484, 1488, 1491, 1499, 1531, 1532. $ . 1483, 1487, 1489, 

 1494, 1514, 1533. 



These specimens, though less pale than typical hexhuance from 

 the Bechuana Desert, are very close to that form. Their receipt 

 from Inhambane is interesting from the point of view of the 

 distribution of the species. The type of lobengulce was described 

 from Matabililand and local races were subsequently named from 

 Karuman, Matopo, and Salisbury, all places which may be described 

 as on the left bank of the Limpopo. In the collection from the 

 Zoutpansberg District on the right bank, though more than one 

 species of Tatera were found, there was no specimen referable to 

 lohenguloi. More recently, however, in a small collection from 

 Pietersberg District on the right bank of the Limpopo but much 

 lower down than Zoutpansberg, some specimens scarcely distin- 

 guishable from the present series were found. Broadly, however, 

 the area between the Limpopo and Zambesi Rivers would seem to 

 be the home of the species, which takes quite well-marked local 

 forms in various parts of its habitat. 



" Native name, ' Singaan.' 



" Quite the commonest rat in the district and found everywhere, 

 especially in and around the native clearings." — C. H. B. G. 



23. Otomys irroratus cupreus Wrought. 



d. 1583, 1584, 1586. $. 1585, 1587, 1588. • 



These specimens are all young but agree closely with 0. irrorattis 

 cupreus from Zoutpansberg. 



" Native name, ' Woti.' 



" Not common and only taken in the reed-bed and swamps 

 along the river." — C. H. B. G. 



24. Arvicanthis dorsalis A. Sm. 



5. 1498,1519,1614,1625,1626,1630,1634,1647. $. 1486, 

 1607, 1615, 1623, 1633, 1G38. 



" Native name, ' Maklangane.' 



" It is here far commoner than in any locality where I have 

 previously taken it. Found everywhere, both in the forest and 

 bush and the native lands, where it has regular tracks and runs, 

 similar to its congener at the Klein Letaba. Exclusively diurnal. '^ 

 — C. H. B. G. 



25. Saccostomus campestris Peters. 



6. 1495, 1505, 1506, 1508, 1509, 1597, 1606, 1629, 1639. 

 $. 1479, 1481, 1482, 1490, 1501. 



These specimens are practically topotypes of H.fuscus Peters, 



