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Show 936 MR. OLDFIELD THOMAS ON MAMMALS [Dec. 14, 35. STEATOMYS PRATENSIS, Pet. a-c. Fort Hill, July 1896. 36. Mus ARBORARIUS, Pet. a-c. Nyika Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. d. Fort Hill, July 1896. e, f. Zomba, August and November 1896. 37. Mus CHRYSOPHILUS, De Wint. a-j. Nyika Plateau, June, July, 1896. 1c, I. Fort Hill, July 1897. 38 & 39. Mus, spp. «. Buarwe, Lake Nyasa, June 1896. b. Nyika Blateau, June, July, 1896. c-n. Fort Hill, July 1896. o, p. Karonga, July. q. Kombe, Masuku Bange, July. r, s. Zomba, August. t-y. Mt. Malosa, November. A large number of specimens belonging to the two groups characterized respectively by their numerous mammae (multi-mammate) and by having the mammary formula 3-2 = 10. It is impossible to work them out more definitely at present. 40. Mus NYIKJE, Thos. See above, p. 431. ff-/. Nyika Blateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. /, the type (No. 97. 10. 1. 189). This distinct new species seems to have no very near relations among described forms. 41. Mus RATTUS, L. a. Buarwe, June 1896. b-f. Fort Hill, July 1896. 42. LOPHUROMYS AQUILUS, True. a-e. Nyika Blateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1897. 43. DASYMYS KAISERI, Noack. a-e. Nyika Blateau, 6000-7000 ft., June, July, 1896. /. Fort Hill. July 1896. There can be little doubt that Noack's Mus Icaiseri1 from Marungu is a Dasymys, and it seems to agree very closely with the present examples. 1 Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 228 (1887). |