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Show 1896.] MAMMALS OF NYASALAND. 795 57. LOPHUROMYS AQUILUS, True. a. Ad. 2 • Zomba, Jan. 1896 (A. Whyte). b. Imm. Fort Johnston, Dec. 1895 (Br. P. Bendall). a. Head and body 120 mm.; hind foot 21-5 ; ear 16. The determination of this Lophuromys is not quite certain, and better series both from East Africa and Nyasa will be required before its identity can be definitely settled. For the information of collectors on the spot it' may be mentioned that Lophuromys may be readily distinguished from any other rat by its peculiar speckled chocolate colour and its curious harsh and flattened (but not spiny) fur. 58. MYOSCALOPS ARGENTEO-CINEREUS, Pet. (P.Z. S. 1892, p. 552 ; 1893, p. 504.) 59. AULACODUS SWINDERENIANUS, Temm. (P. Z. S. 1892, p. 553.) Zomba Plateau, 4000 ft., Jan. 1894 (A. Whyte). Young. Zomba, Jan. 1896 (A. Whyte). [HYSTRIX, sp. inc. No Porcupine has as yet been recorded from Nyasaland, but one is certain to occur there. Specimens are sure to be of interest, and, as wdth the baboons, any number of skulls would be most acceptable.] 60. LEPUS WHYTEI, Thos. (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 142.) a. 2 • Kasitu R., Henga, S.W. of Deep Bay, Nyasa, June 21, 1895. Presented by Mr. Richard Crawshay. I am not as yet prepared to admit definitely the identification of tbe Nyasa Hare with Lepus ochropus, Wagn., as is done by Dr. Matschie, and prefer to use the name which specially belongs to it, until there is better evidence as to the type of L. ochropus having been collected far enough north to be the present form. 61. PROCAVIA JOHNSTONI, Thos. (P. Z. S. 1892, p. 553 (P. capensis) ; 1894, p. 142.) 62. PROCAVIA BRUCEI, Gr. (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 144.) 63. RHINOCEROS BICORNIS, L. (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 145.) 64. PoTAMOCHffiRUS LARVATUS, F. CllV. (P.Z.S. 1893, p. 504.) Zomba and Mpimbi, Dec. 1893 (A. Whyte). |