30 WROUGHTON, Collection of Mammals from Rhodesia. 



The type locality is Tette. In skull characters these 

 specimens differ a little from Peter's plate of argenteo- 

 cinereus, especially in having the postorbital processes 

 more marked, and in this they approach robicstus, Thos., 

 from the Mpika Plateau. These differences, however, 

 are insufficient to justify their separation from argenteo- 

 cinereus. 



" Common everywhere, but hard to obtain except 

 during the rains. 



" ' Mppuko ' of all local tribes." 



Lepus whytei. 



Lepus whytei, Thos., P.Z.S., 1894, p. 142. 



R, 64$. Petauke, East Loangwa District. Feb. 14, 

 1905. Alt. 24.00. 



R. 90 c? (yg)- Lichunio, near Petauke. April 14, 

 1905. Alt. 2200. 



R. I24$(yg.) E. bank of Loangwa. July 7, 1905. 

 Alt. 2200. 



The skull is larger than in typical whytei, but the 

 colouring and essential skull characters distinguish it as 

 undoubted zvhytei. 



" These hares are distinctly scarce. 



" ' Kalulu ' of all the tribes in this part of Africa. For 

 some reason, which it is not easy to see, the hare is con- 

 sidered by natives to be an exceedingly cunning animal, 

 and figures as such in all their folk-lore." 



Thryonomys swinderenianus. 



Aulacodus s?uinderenia?ius, Temm.,"Mon. Mamm.," vol. i,p. 245, 



1827. 



R. 31, 32. Mezi River. September 26, 1904. Alt. 1400. 



R. 33 cJ. N. bartk of Mezi. October 4, 1904. Alt. 1400. 



R. 122 $. E. bank of Loangwa. July 5, 1905. Alt. 2200. 



