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ully adult. 









longer and much more convex posteriorly, giving a pos- 

 teriorly tapering look to the skull when viewed from 

 above. The grooves of the incisors are obsolescent. 



The following are measurements of these two speci- 

 mens and of the type of nigrita. 



R. 138 (type). R. 139. nigrita $ . 

 Head and body 



Tail 



Hind feet 

 Ear 



Greatest length of skull 

 Basilar „ „ 



Zygomatic breadth . . . 

 Length of upper molar row 

 Ant. post. : length of bullae 

 All these specimens are ful 



In my review of the Genus Tatera* I pointed out 

 that short-tailed forms were characteristic of the country 

 between the Zambesi and the Equator. In this character 

 neavei supports my view, but instead of resembling nyasos 

 or nyascB shirensis, its near neighbours, it must in my key 

 (I.e., p. 477) be placed at the end of the first group of 

 Section II. under c. with the Uganda form nigrita. 

 From that species it may be distinguished exteriorly by 

 the face marking, by the comparatively shorter tail and 

 larger hind feet. In skull characters the most distinctive 

 is the obsolescence of the grooves of the incisors, as in 

 Jallax, which suffices to distinguish it from any Tatera of 

 its size. 



" The note in my diary on this species says ' Perhaps 

 a variety of " Mpundu," but a much less red skin. Typical 

 ■" Mpundu " also occur here.' " 



* Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7), vol. 17, p. 474, 1906. 



