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Show 502 MR. O. THOMAS ON MAMMALS FROM NYASALAND. [May 16, own argument in favour of Herpestes griseus1. Even if, therefore, this barbarous name has to be used, it clearly cannot be applied to two species ; and since Schreber's description of " Die Manguste- Viverra ichneumon jo," 2 on which Viverra mungo 3 was founded, has much more reference to the Indian than to the African animal, I am now of opinion, with Mr. Blanford, that the name of mungo should be used for the former, and, for more valid reasons than in 1882, Crossarchus fasciatus (Desm.) for the latter. 7. CANIS sp. inc. a. Tg. sk. Upper Shire. 11/92. Too young for determination. 8. SCIURUS MUTABILIS, Pet. a-e. 5 ad. sks. Zomba. 10/92. Pending the arrival of specimens collected at other times of the year, I shall not express any opinion as to the cause of the considerable variation in colour existing among the present series of this Squirrel. 9. GERBILLUS AFER, Gray. a, b. 2 ad. sks. Fort Johnston. 11/92. 10. OTOMYS IRRORATUS, Bts. a. Ad. sk. Upper Shire. 11/92. 11. GOLUNDA FALLAX, Pet. a-e. 5 sks. Zomba. 10/92. 12. Mus (DASYMYS) INCOMTUS, Sund. a, b. Ad. sks. Upper Shire. This rare species has been hitherto only obtained in Natal, although a closely allied and possibly identical form (Mus nudipes, Peters) has been described from Angola4. 13. Mus RATTUS, var. a. Ad. sk. Upper Shire. b-d. 3 yg. sks. Zomba. 10/92. 14. Mus DOLICHURUS, Smuts. a. Ad. sk. Tschiromo. 9/92. o. Ad. sk. Zomba. 10/92. 15. Mus NATALENSIS, A. Sm. a. Ad. sk. Tschiromo. 9/92. b. Ad. sk. Zomba. 10/92. c-e. 3 ad. al. Milanji. 10/92. > P. Z. S. 1886, p. 56 (ftnote). 2 Schr. Saug. iii. p. 430 (1777). 3 Gmel. Linn. S. N. i. p. 84 (1788). 4 See Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (6) x. p. 180 (1892). |
