266 MESSRS. O, THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON [Apr. 18, 



22. P(ECiLOGALE ALBiNUCHA Gray. 

 d. 659. Sibudeni. 



$. 598. Jnsusie Valley. 



"Zulu name ' Myenelesana.' 



" Common, but exceedingly diflficult to trap. They frequent 

 the thick overgrown sluits and kloofs in and around the Kaffir 

 mealie-patches, but do not live in the bush. 



" The male specimen was killed in the act of eating a vley 

 Otomys. 



"They have a pungent smell, but not so strong as Ictonyx 

 capensis"—G. H. B. G. 



23. SciUKUS PALiiiATUS ORNATUS Gray. 



c?. 880, 895, 901, 907, 910, 914. ?. 884, 891,903,908,912, 

 913. Xgoye Hills. 



" Zulu names ' Inpuguloti ' or ' Ijindane.' 



" Similar in habits to the European squirrel. It is not easy to 

 approach and keeps entirely to the thick forest. It does not 

 seem to live in parties, but two are often observed together. This 

 animal is curiously local in Zululand. It is common at ISTgoye, in 

 the neighbourhood of Kosi Bay, and on the Ma.puta River. Near 

 the mouth of the St. Lucia Lake and in the bush toward Gape 

 Vidal it is rare. It is unknown between Ngoye and the Lake 

 district and in Natal."— 0. H. B. G. 



24. Tatera brantsii Smith. 



d. 838, 842. 2.813,839,872. TJmvolosi. 



" Zulu name ' Ibuusi.' 



" Fairly common, especially in the native gardens and potato- 

 patches. Their burrows are of considerable size, especially on the 

 grass- covered flats, whei-e they are undisturbed. This animal is 

 very wary of traps, and can only be caught Avith a buried trap 

 baited with a sweet potato. I tried digging them out, but the 

 holes went doAvn to such a depth that they were lost in the loose 

 sand. Strictly nocturnal and a vegetable feeder." — 0. H. B. G. 



25. Graphiurus murinus Desm. 



S . 595, 656. 9 . 648, 663, 672. Sibudeni. 



" Zulu name ' Mpuguloti.' 



" Faii'ly common, but nocturnal. Almost exclusively a bush 

 animal, though sometimes found in the rocks on the hill-sides 

 some little distance from the bush." — 0. H. B. G. 



26. Otomys irroratus Brants. 



$ . 675. Sibudeni. 



This specimen agrees closely in skin and skull-characteis with 

 the series collected by Mr. Grant in the neighbourhood of Cape 

 Town, which may be considered as representing Brants's irroratus. 



" Zulu name ' Ibusi.' 



" Fairly common, frequenting the overgrown sluits and vleys 



