506 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OP THE ErWENZOEI EXPEDITION. 



Go. Lkggada bufo Thos. (Plate XXIII.) 



6 . 213, 227. S . 17, 93, 206, 214, 215. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori. 6000- 

 6500 ft. 



1 in spirits. Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori. 7000 ft. 



A large dark species with a rich buffy belly. 



Size rather less than in Mus muscuhts. Fur close and crisp, about 5*5 mm. in 

 length on the back, profusely mixed with fine spines. General colour above dark 

 coppery brown (nearest to " bistre "), more blackish on the rump ; the light rings on 

 the hairs dark buffy. Under surface strongly contrasted rich buffy-ochraceous, the 

 hidden bases of the hairs slaty-grey. Head rather darker than back. Ears naked, 

 uniformly blackish. Outer side of limbs brown like sides, inner sides buffy like belly ; 

 tipper surface of hands and feet brown, with a tinge of buffy. Tail finely scaled 

 (20 rings to the centimetre), practically naked, blackish throughout, or rather lighter 

 below proximally. 



Skull stoutly built, with broad, squarely edged but not ridged, interorbital region. 

 Palatal foramina long, extending nearly to the level of the middle of m^. First upper 

 molar with its anterior lobe less developed than in the smaller forms. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in the flesh) : — 



Head and body 70 mm. ; tail 68 ; hind foot 16 ; ear 13. 



Skull: greatest length 22; basilar length 17; greatest breadth 11; interorbital 

 breadth 4; palatilar length 9'6 ; palatal foramina 5'1 ; length of upper molar 

 series 3*4. 



Type. Old female. B.M. no. 6.7.1.116. Original number 215.. Collected 2nd 

 January, 1906, by Mr. Douglas Carruthers. 



This species is related to L.musculoides Temm., but maybe readily recognized by its 

 rich buffy under surface. 



[A fairly common Mouse on Ruwenzori, but not obtained much above the lower 

 limit- of the forest-zone at 6500 ft.— R. B. W.] 



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 64. Leggada foes, sp. n. 



J . 159. Butagu Valley, W. Ruwenzori. 7000 ft. 

 J . 181. North Ruwenzori. 7500 ft. 



A Leqgada about the size of L. setulosa Peters, with slaty bases to the hairs of the 

 underside. 



Size about as in L. setulosa. Fur longer than in that species (9-10 mm. on the 

 back against 7-8 in L. setulosa). Colour above exactly as in L. setulosa, i. e. hairs 

 dark slate with buff tips mixed with a certain proportion of all black ones. 



