508 ZOOLOGICAL EESULTS OP THE EUWENZOEI EXPEDITION". 



Tupe. Old female. B.M. no. 6.7.1.55. Original number 35. Collected 14th January, 

 1906, by Mr. R. E. Dent. 



Sir A. Smith based his " minutoides " on specimens from " near Cape Town." The 

 skull of one of his typical specimens, as well as those of more recently received 

 examples from the same region, shows that L. minutoides is a larger form, so that 

 L. minimus Peters being preoccupied, there is no name available for the small, 

 or, more properly (as L. ienella is still smaller), for the medium form represented by 

 the present species. 



66. TlIAMNOMYS VENUSTCS Thos. 



S . 615. Mubuku Valley, E. Ruwenzori. 8000 ft. 



Allied to T. Tutilcms, Peters, but larger and with much longer fur. 



Eur of back about 15 mm. in length. General colour above dark rufous (in spirits), 

 a brighter line along the sides ; belly white, with a faint buffy suffusion, the basal 

 halves of the hairs slaty. Ears dull greyish. Upper surface of feet buff, becoming 

 Avhiter on the toes. Tail long, pencilled terminally, uniformly dark brown, as in 

 T. nitilans. Mammae — 2 = 4. 



Skull decidedly larger than in T. ruiilans ; muzzle long, pai-allel-sided ; interorbital 

 region narrow, the edges not so widely expanded as in 2\ rutilans ; palatine foramina 

 long, not expanded mesially, reaching back to the level of the front of m ; bullae rather 

 larger than in T. rutilans. Molars large, heavy, the series markedly larger than 

 in T. rutilans. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the spirit-specimen) : — ■ 



Head and body 125 mm. ; tail 181 ; hind foot 25 ; ear 18. 



Skull: greatest length 34"5 ; basilar length 28; greatest breadth 17'2 ; nasals 12'5 ; 

 interorbital breadth 4'9 ; breadth of brain-case 14-3 ; palatilar length 15 j diastema 9'4 ; 

 palatal foramina 8'2 ; length of upper molar series 6'1. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 6.12.4.106. Original number 615. Collected 

 by Mr. R. B. Woosnam. 



Unfortunately only one specimen of this fine species Avas obtained by the Expedition, 

 and that was preserved in spirits. Plowever, its longer skull, larger teeth, longer fur, 

 and the slaty tint of its belly will readily distinguish it from T. rutilans, to which alone 

 it is nearly allied. 



[A single specimen of this species was obtained in the upper part of the forest- 

 zone. It was shot as it left its hole among the roots of a tree and had one of its young 

 hanging to a teat. This was the only example met with, although many traps were 

 put down in the vicinity. — R. B. W.] 



