28 WROUGHTON, Collection of Mammals from Rhodesia. 



Pelomys fallax. 



Pelomys fallax, Peters, " Reis. Moss," p. 157, 1852. 



R. 24 $. E. bank of Loangwa. September 3, 1904. 

 Alt. 1400. (Skull missing). 



R. 27 ? . E. bank of Loangwa, Portuguese East 

 Africa. September n, 1904. Alt. 1400. 



R. 78?. Petauke. March 23, 1905. Alt. 2400. 



R. 1259. E. bank of Loangwa. July 9, 1905. Alt. 2200. 



The type locality is Boror in Mozambique. 



"A somewhat uncommon species, called 'Mendi' by 

 the Asenga." 



Georychus amatus, sp. n. 



R. 144 cJ. Road to Chiwali's, Alala Plateau. Nov. 13, 

 1905. Alt. 4000. 



Rather smaller than darlingi, Thos., from Mashona- 

 land, which is its nearest neighbour. Fur and colour as in 

 darlingi, i.e., fawn, much modified by the dark slate- 

 coloured bases of the hairs which show through (at any 

 rate in a made up skin). The white frontal patch so con- 

 sistently characteristic of darlingi is, however, entirely 

 absent. A white patch from the corner of the mouth 

 extending backwards to a line drawn vertically through 

 the ear, and downwards on to the chin and throat. This 

 patch I find present in some quite young specimens of 

 darlingi and indicated in some older ones, but I have 

 found it in no other species which I have seen. Though 

 the premaxillary processes and anteorbital foramina are 

 shaped much as in darlingi, the skull is distinctly lighter 

 and narrower with much smaller bullae. 



The following are dimensions as compared with 

 darlingi (type), the latter is a much younger specimen 

 than the present one, otherwise I believe the skull 

 differences would have been greater. 



