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are very destructive in one's tent on account of their habit 

 of gnawing clothes." 



Leggada minutoides. 



Leggada minutoides, Sm., S.A.Q. Jonrn., vol. 2, p. 167, 1835. 

 R. 239. Portuguese East Africa. August 26, 1904. 

 R. 37 6*- Petauke. Nov. 14, 1904. 

 ? ? ? 



Arvicanthis dorsalis. 



Mns dorsalis, Smith, " 111. Zool. S. Africa," pi, 46, 1849. 



R. 7 ? . S. bank of Zambesi. June 21, 1904. Alt. 

 1400. 



R. 17?. N. bank of Zambesi. July 19, 1904. Alt. 

 1500. 



R. 28 cJ. E. bank of Loangwa, Portuguese East 

 Africa. Sept. 11, 1904. Alt 1400. 



R. 39?. Petauke. Nov. 16, 1904. Alt. 2400. 



R. 42 (J. Petauke. Nov. 22, 1904. Alt. 2400. 



R. 54 6*- Petauke. Dec. 26, 1904. Alt. 2400. 



R. 89 $. Lichunio, near Petauke. April 12, 1905. 

 Alt. 2200. 



R. 1005. Mbala Country. May 6, 1905. Alt. 2600. 



R. 107 <£. E. bank of Loangwa. June 6, 1905. Alt. 

 2200. 



R. 115 (?• Ulungu Mountain. June 15,1905. Alt. 

 3000. 



R. 1346*. E. bank of Loangwa. Aug. 14, 1905. 



Smith's type had a tail equal in length to the head 

 and body, and a co-type in the British Museum Collection 

 indicates the same proportion. Specimens from Mashona- 

 land also show this proportion, while those from Zululand, 

 N.W. Transvaal, &c, have a tail considerably longer than 

 the head and body, as have the present specimens. 



"A common species. It is called ' Yendakadzua' by 

 the natives, which means 'he that walks in the Sun.'" 



