ELIOMYS MELANUEUS.—GEAPHIUEtTS OEOBINITS. 
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MYOXID^. 
No member of this family has been recorded from Egypt proper, but mention is made 
of the occurrence of the following species within the political bounds of the country. 
ELIOMYS. 
Eliomys, Wagn. Abh. Ak. Miinch. hi. 1843, p. 176. 
Infraorbital foramina moderate in size and narrow. Postnarial opening moderate; 
pterygoid fossae well developed; bullae large and inflated. Angle of lower jaw 
perforated. 
Dentition ; i. j-, pm. m. | = 20. 
Eliomys melanueus, Wagn. 
Eliomys melanurus, Wagn. Abh. Ak. Miinch. hi. 1843, p. 176, pi. hi. fig. 1. 
$ . Nehel, Sinai, March 1898. Mr. W. Jennings Bramly. 
Size about that of the Common Garden Dormouse of Europe. Ears very laro-e, 
practically naked. Colour pale chinchilla-grey washed with brownish. Black eye-stripe 
passing under the ear. Tail thin and pale grey for less than an inch at the base, 
then coal-black and bushy, the hairs gradually increasing in length to about 20 mm. 
at the tip. 
Approximate measurements:—Head and body 110-115 mm.; tail without terminal 
hair 100; hind foot 25 ; ear 26. 
GRAPHIURUS. 
Graphiurus, F. Cuv. & GeolFr. Hist. Nat. Mamm. livr. 60, 1829 (1845). 
Infraorbital foramina large and expanded. Postnarial opening very wide; pterygoid 
fossae rather shallow; auditory bullae inflated but not large. Angle of lower jaw solid. 
Graphiueus oeobinus, Wiegm. 
Myoocus orobinus, Wiegmann, Arch. xi. i. 1845, p. 149. 
This is a small grey species with short round ears; it has been recorded from 
Sennaar.— W. E. de W. 
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