544 MESSES. THOMAS AND AVROUGHTON ON [May 26, 



the combined i-ange, and we therefore separate the present series 

 as a northern subspecies under the name of F. cepapi sincU. 



Size as in typical F. cejxqn. Fur rather shorter (5-7 mm. on the 

 back). Colour-pattern above as in true F. cepapi ; below pure white 

 all over instead of the white being limited to (at most) the chin, 

 throat, and chest as is the case in F. cejxipi, which has the belly 

 washed with clay-colour. Back of thighs and midrib of tail 

 beneath bright ochraceous. Individual hairs of tail ochraceous 

 with two black rings, so that when the haii's are spread out at 

 right angles to the midrib there are two black longitudinal bands 

 running the whole length of the tail (as seen from below) parallel 

 to the midrib ; in typical F. cepapi the ground-colour of the tail- 

 hairs is dull "clay-colour" with three black rings, and con- 

 sequently the resultant black longitudinal stripes are three in 

 number. Tail equal in length to head and body, proportionally 

 somewhat shorter than in typical F. cepapi. 



Skull slightly smaller, bi'ain-case broader and fuller. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 170 mm. ; tail 168 ; hind foot 39 ; ear 20. 



Skull — greatest length 43 ; basilar length 33 ; interorbital 

 breadth 1 2 ; length of upper molar tooth-row (exclusive of 

 p^) 7-6. 



Hah. Lower Basin of Zambesi (type from Tette). 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 8.4.3.51. Original number 

 1941. Collected 18th August, 1907. 



The specimens from Gorongoza mentioned in our last paper on 

 the Rudd Exploration (P. Z. S. 1908, p. 169) must be included in 

 this subspecies, though they show the distinctive characters less 

 markedly than the Tette series. 



" Native name, ' Sindi.' 



" Common, generally observed in pairs. 



" Living on the berries, ifec, of the trees and shrubs, for which 

 they may often be seen hunting on the ground. 



" When alarmed they quickly make for some large tree and 

 disappear into a hole or cavity. 



" Diurnal, active in the early morning and late afternoon, 

 resting during the heat of the day." — C. H. B. G. 



20. Tatera LOBENGUL.E de Wint. 



S . 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953. $ . 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 

 19.54. 



Externally these specimens cannot be separated from those from 



Beira and the Limpopo Valley, i. e. from T. lohengulce, hechuance, 



but while having the same narrow skull as that subspecies they 



pproximate to T. lohengulce mashonce in having rather smaller 



huUse than the Limpopo form. 



" Native name, ' Mpynya.' 



" Common and found everywhere, especially in clearings and 

 native lands."— C. H. B. G. 



