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tipper incisors is a normal character, a point which can only be 

 settled on the arrival of further specimens. 



[The description of the following Steatomys^ distinguished and 

 labelled some years ago, seems accidentally never to have been 

 published : — 



Steatomys gazellce, sp. n. 



A large species, with large bullae and very large molars. 



General colour above dark wood-brown, darker than in most 

 species, [jnder surface white, but only along a narrower area 

 than usual. Ei,rs dark brown, without postaural whitish patch. 

 Hands and feet dull whitish. 



Skull of about the same large size as in prateusis and caurinus, 

 but the bullae larger than in either, and the molars very much 

 larger. Palatal foramina long, widely open. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the skin) : — 



Head and body (c.) 100 mm. ; tail 52 ; hind foot 185. 



Skull : greatest length 26 mm. ; condylo-incisive length 24*5 ; 

 palatiiar length 12-2; palatal foramina 5*4 X 2-4; bulla 6*3; 

 upper molar series 4-7. 



Hah. Bahr-el-Ghazal ; type from Tamburas. 



Tyj^e. Adult male. B.M. No. 5. 10. 7. 4. Collected and 

 presented by Maj. H, Bray. 



Readily distinguishable by its large size and very large 

 molars.] 



44. Rattus (Mastomys) macrolepis Sund. 



6 . 453, 471, 505. 2 • 452. 472, 496, 497, 500. El Fasher. 



6. 510,518,519. $. 511,512,514,515,532,533,534,535, 

 536, 538, 540, 1021. 1022. 1026, 1033, 1034, 1035. N.E. Jebel 

 Marra. 5500'. 



6 . 542. $ . 543, 1023, 1027. N.W. Jebel Marra. 6000'. 



J . 637, 668, 703, 704. $ . 634, 635, 636. 640, 646, 650, 651, 

 652, 654, 659, 662, 667, 669, 701, 702. Foot-hills, S. Jebel 

 Marra. 4000'. 



c?.970. • $.962,972. S.E. Jebel Marra. 8000'. 



(?. 621,623. $.622. S.Yv^. Jebel Marra. 6650'. 



<S. 554, 561. $. 551, 555, 556, 558. Murmya, Central 

 Jebel Marra. 7100'. 



S . 619, 710, 713, 719. $ . 546, 547, 579, 580, 613, 714, 715, 

 716, 717, 964. Central Jebel Marra. 5000'-7900', 



J. 724, 940, 947, 956. $. 723, 756, 938, 952, 961. 

 Zalingei. 3300'. 



6. 634, 763, 769, 776, 778, 782, 785, 786, 787, 789, 792,797, 

 798, 805, 806, 810, 812, 813, 816, 822, 825, 831, 835, 838, 839, 

 840, 842, 851, 863, 867, 868, 871, 912. 



.$ . 730, 731, 732, 761, 764, 772, 775, 780, 790, 793, 815, 821, 

 828, 841, 845, 858, 870, 901, 921. Kulme, Wadi Aribo. 3300'. 



$, 1182. Nahud, Kordofan. 



c?. 1203. $.1204. Abu Heraz, Kordofan. 



