26 WROUGHTON, Collection of Mammals from Rhodesia. 



R. 67$. Petauke. Feb. 24, 1905. Alt. 2400. 

 R. 69$. Petauke. March 2, 1905. Alt. 2400. 

 R. 96$. Mbala Country. May 2, 1905. Alt. 2600. 

 R. 106 $ . Mterize River. May 23, 1905. Alt. 2400. 

 "'Fundvve' of the Asenga. A common species." 



Acomys selousi. 



Acomys selousi, de Wint, P. 7,. S., 1896, p. 807. 



R. 38^, 43?. Petauke. Nov. 16, 30, 1904. Alt. 

 2400. 



R. 58^. Petauke. Jan. 26, 1905. 



R. 65^. Petauke. Nov. 20, 1905. 



R. 107 9- Miamadzi River. June 2, 1905. 



R. 110$. Ulungu Mountain. June 13, 1905. 



(?) R. 128?, 1299. Mterize Country. July 24, 1905. 



These specimens agree well with a series in the 

 National Collection from the Nyika Plateau, British 

 Central Africa. They resemble selousi from Matabele- 

 land, but have the tail shorter than the head and body, 

 while in selousi it is longer. Without spirit specimens I 

 do not venture to separate this form from selousi. 



" A rather local species. I never met with it near the 

 Zambesi or in the Feira district. It is a very difficult 

 species to obtain good specimens of, owing to its fragile 

 skin. The Asenga call it ' Mphula.' " 



Leggada musculoides. 



Leggada musculoides, Teram., "Esq. Zool. Guinee," p. 161, 

 1853- 



R. 10^. Mseizi River. July 13, 1904. 



R. 55 c?. Petauke. Dec. 28, 1904. 



R. 81 $. Petauke. March 30, 1905. 



"Both this and the next species are called 'Niam- 

 golwa' by the Asenga. They are not very common, but 



