IfiR MKSSHS. O. THOMAS AND R. C. VVROUGHTON OX [Mar. 17, 



4. Galago ceassicaudatus E. Geoff. 



c?. 1886, 1889, 1899, 1934. $. 1887, 1888, 1890, 1891, 

 1892, 1897, 1898, 1901. 



" Native name, ' Gwea.' 



" Yeiy common in the forests, where they appear to consort 

 together in small pai'ties. 



" The species has a variety of calls, none of which, however, are 

 similar to that of Galago garnetti. 



" Apparently principally vegetai-ian, and feeding largely on the 

 exudation from the bark of certain trees. 



" Strictly nocturnal, passing the day in hollow trees." 



5. Galago granti Thos. & Wrought. 



2 . 1905, 1906, 1907, 1911, 1912, 1913. 

 " Native name, ' Konsiti.' 



" Common ; habits similar to those of its congener at Inhambane 

 and elsewhere." 



6. ScoTOPHiLUS NiGRiTA Schreb. 



d. 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922. $. 1923, 1924. 



We follow the precedent we established in dealing with the 

 Inhambane and Beira collections, and provisionally accept these 

 specimens as &'. nigrita, merely noting that they all belong to the 

 larger form. 



" Native name, * Nyagelingwelingwe.' " 



7. Crocidura sp. 



1903. 



" Native name, ' Nyungeyunge.' " 



8. Pj;trodromus tetradactylus Pet. 



S . 1824, 1844, 1845, 1857, 1877, 1895, 1914. $ . 1-840, 1841, 

 1846, 1847, 1893, 1894, 1896. 



" Native name, ' Gumbwa.' 



" Common in the thickest part of the forest and having regular 

 runs in which they are easily trapped." 



9. Genetta sp. 



S. 1839, 1900, 1910, 1935, 1944. $. 1885, 1925. 



This is very possibly zamhesiana, though it does not altogether 

 agree with the short description given by Prof. Matschie. 



" Native name, ' Mulimba.' 



"Common, especially near kraals, where they steal quantities 

 of fowls." 



10. MuNGos paludinosus rubellus, subsp. n. 



$. 1926. 



A bright rufous form of the Marsh-Mungoose {Mungos 2J(da- 

 dinosus). 



Before describing the new svibspecies, however, we have to 



