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MESSRS. O. THOMAS AXD TI. SCHWAXX OX THE [Feb. 20, 



" ' Swiirt Muishond ' of the Dutch. 



" Almost exclusively nocturnal. Very common in the thick 

 forest near damp vleis and dam.s, but found occftsionally in the 

 open A-eldt. Is said to feed on tadpoles and f lOgs." — C. H. B. G. 



15. OlOMYS IRRORATUS Brts. 



d. 972, 1017. $.954,963,985,986,1029. Knysna. 



" ' Bosch-rot ' of the Dutch. 



" Not very common. Fi-equents the undergi-owth in and near 

 the dams and vleis both in the forest and on the open veldt. 

 Diurnal" — C.^. 5. e*. 



16. Arvicaxthis pumilio (Sparrm. 



S . 952, 953, 955, 962, 981, 988, 1000. $ . 1023. Knysna. 

 Mr. R. 0. Wroughton * considers these specimens to be typical 

 A . pumilio. 



" ' Streep muis ' of the Dutch. 

 " Yery common." — C. II. B. G. 



17. AcoMYS suBSPixcsus Waterh. 

 J. 1097. Knysna, 600'. 



This species has only hithei-to been recorded fi'om the Cape 

 Peninsuila, whence Mr. SckT,ter mentions a specimen in the 

 S. African Museum from Table Mountain, and Mr. Grant obtained 

 one at Tokai, near Simonstown, at an altitude of 600'. The 

 exact locality of the type has not been recorded. 



A . suhspinosus maybe distinguished from other members of the 

 genus by the structure of its molars, whicli are more brachyodont 

 than in A. selousi, and difier in certain of the cusp details. They 

 are also markedly narrower. 



" Trapped in thick undergrowth at edge of forest. 



" Not easy to secure. It appears to frequent the rough growths 

 that spring up wherever spaces have been cleared in the forest." — 

 C. H. B. G. 



18. MUS RATTUS L. 



S . 1101, 1066. Knysna. 



19. MuS NORVEGICUS Erxl. 

 $ . 1065, 1095. Knysna. 



20. Mus VERREAuxi Smith. 



c? . 978, 979, 980, 1012, 1016, 1018, 1020. $ . 956, 966, 995, 

 1013. Knysna. 



" Common. Frequents the forest, where it is fond of fallen 

 ti-ees, and also the vleis and grass-filled sluits of the open veldt." — 

 C. H. B. G. 



* Ann. & Mag. N. H. (7) xvi. p. 634 (1905). 



