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Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
Type: Old Little Wonderboom, Pretoria, 22. 9.12. “H. and B. 86, 
tail 80, hind foot 15*5, ear 15.” Skull: gr. leng. 27*3, bas. leng. 20 *7, 
zyg. br. 15 ’3, int. orb. br. 4*5, br. brain case 12*3, mol. ser. 3, diastema 6, 
nasals 10*2 x 3 ’2, height at bullae 10*5, at nasion 5*3. 
103. Graphiurus Streeteri , spec. nov. 
A very bushy-tailed species with a strong suffusion of vinous pink on 
the underparts and all four feet. The skull is much larger than in 
G. murinus , its only relationship to which lies in the underparts being 
coloured, but even in this the shade of colouring is very much brighter. 
This might be thought to be Smith’s M. erythrobronchus , were it not that 
that species has been definitely assigned by all authorities (including 
Smith) to the more richly coloured specimens of G. murinus , and, in 
addition, the very bushy tail is so very marked that the two species could 
not be contused. 
Type : Old ex coll. F. Streeter, Hector Spruit, Transvaal, 11.3.10. 
“H. and B. 101, tail 101” (with hairs). Hair at tip of tail 24 mm. Skull : 
gr. leng. 30*5, bas. leng. 23*3, zyg. br. 16, int. orb. br. 4, br. brain case 
12*5, mol. ser. 3*1, nasals 12 x 3*4, height at bullae 10* 1, at nasion 5*7. 
The cotype is not sexed, but is most likely a $. Its tail shows the 
peculiar shortening sometimes noticed in individuals in this family, in 
this case being reduced to about half the normal length. The skull is 
smaller than in the type, measuring in greatest length 29 mm., and other 
measurements in proportion. A third specimen with a broken skull is of 
about the same size as the cotype, and the tail intermediate in length 
between those of the type and cotype. 
104. Graphiurus Eastwoodae , spec. nov. 
A species most closely related to G. ocularis , but with smaller teeth 
and skull, and in colour entirely lacking the vinous tinge on the chest and 
face, this tinge being replaced by dull yellowish white on the underparts 
though not on the face. 
In general appearance grey with a large admixture of dark brown 
on the upper surface of the body ; tail brown with the external half of the 
longer hairs white, the white increasing in quantity to the tip ; under 
surface of body yellowish white down the middle line and region of the 
throat, merging into grey on the sides ; hands and feet brown on the 
upper surface, terminating abruptly at the toes, which are pure white ; 
forehead darker than the body, with a lighter coloured patch down the 
middle line to the nose. Whiskers black with lighter coloured tips, the 
longest bristles measuring about 48 mm. 
Type: Pres, by Miss A. Eastwood, Woodbush, Transvaal. 
Skull: Gr. leng. 30*8, bas. leng. 24, zyg. br. 17*8, int. orb. br. 5, br. 
brain case 14*1, mol. ser. 2*9, nasals 12*2 x 3*8, height at bullae 10*2, at 
nasion 5*6, bullae 10*2. Hair on lower back 12, at tip of tail 35. 
105. Tatar a nyassae, Wr. 
1, Katanga (Neave). 
106. Tatera leucogaster , (Ptrs.). 
5, Boror, P. E. Afr. (Kirby and Roberts). 
The oldest specimen is considerably larger than the next in size as 
seems to be not infrequently the case in members of the genus, these 
measuring respectively: H. and B. 184 and 167-170, tail 173 and 140-150, 
hind foot 40 and 32(?)-36, ear 25 and 22-23. Skull: gr. leng. 45*2 and 
39*7-41-8, bas. leng. 35*4 and 31*5-32*3, zyg. br. 23*9 and 20*3-21*5, 
