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c?. 720, 741, 742, 935, 942, 962. ?. 725, 727, 936, 947. 

 Zalingei. 



6 . 768, 833, 896. $ . 767, 884. Kulme, Wacli Aribo. 

 d. 1110, 1120. JebelMaidob. 

 9. . 1205. El Obeid, Kordofan. 



48. Lemniscomys dunni Thos. 



6 . 1158, 1170. ^ . 435, 441. El Fasher. 



c?. 1009, 1029. $.541. Jebel Marra. 5200-7700'. 



? . 1162, 1163, 1164, 1167. Urn Kedada. 



Fully agreeing with the type, which was obtained by Col. 

 Dunn in the Kaga Hills in 1902. The species is apparently 

 common on the plains of Darfur including the lower slopes of 

 Jebel Marra, while it is replaced higher up on that mountain by 

 L. lynesi. 



Nearly related to it is the following form from the Nuba region 

 of Southern Kordofan : — 



Lemniscomys dunni nubalis, sp. n. 



Similar in essential characters, in size and spininess of form, to 

 true clunni,h\x.t the colour throughout much intensified, the stripes 

 and otlier parts, which in dunni are pale bufiy, very strong and 

 rich bufly, almost ochraceous. Ears very deep bufly. Under 

 surface buffy laterally instead of white. 



Skull as in dunni. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 103 mm. ; tail 130 ; hind foot 24 ; ear 14. 



Skull : greatest length 29-5 ; condylo-incisive length 26-7 ;. 

 bulla 6 ; upper molar series 5. 



Hab. Nuba Country, Southern Kordofan. Type from Talodi. 

 1300'. 



Ty2}e. Adult female. B.M. No. 18. 7. 2. 14. Original number 

 5. Collected 21 February, 1917, and presented by Maj. C. 

 Graham. Three specimens. 



Lemniscomys zebra Heugl., of which Thomas has examined the 

 type, has a wholly white underside, and is clearly a member 

 of the other group of this genus, with much darker-coloured 

 fur and smaller bidla). To this latter group the next species 

 belongs. 



49. Lemniscomys lynesi, sp. n. 



S. 617,690,967. $. 563, 590, 598, 691, 968, 1003, 1006, 

 1011. Jebel Marra, at altitudes from 7700' to 9750', and to the 

 crater. 



A dark species with comparatively long soft fur. 

 Size fairly large. Fur comparatively long, and much softer 

 and more spineless than in any allied species. General colour 



