On Mammals from Northern Rhodesia. 173 prominent superomarginals, all in a single linear series. Adambulacral armature as in Solaster. Papulae numerous and prominent. Type, Crossaster alternatus, Fisher, Proc. Washington Acad. Sciences, viii. 1906, p. 131. Santa Barbara Islands, Cal., 414 fathoms. XXV. — On a Collection of Mammals made bi/ Mr. S. A. Neave, during his Expedition in Northern Rhodesia. By Guy Dollman. (Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) The area in which Mr. Neave collected is situated between Lake Bangweolo and Lake Mweru, bounded on the west by the Luapula River, and on the east by the Mchinga Escarp-ment, extending as far north as the southern end of Lake Tanganyika and as far south as Mpika. No collection of maminals of any importance has ever been received from this district before, and therefore it is not surprising to find that some of the specimens represent new and hitherto un-described forms. The mammalian fauna of this area would appear to be very similar to that of North Nyasaland, and though a few of the species show a distinct relationship with the West African fauna, the majority of forms are East African. The mammals of the Kalungwisi and Chambezi Rivers appear very much the same as those that occur on the Nyika Plateau, mixed with a sprinkling of South Nyasa forms, such as the small Zomba dormouse, Graphiurus john-stoni, Thos., a specimen of which Mr. Neave obtained from the Chambezi River District. Some of the species would appear to indicate a relationship with the Tanganyika and Uganda faunas. Thus we find in the collection both the Marungu dormouse Graphiurus microtis, Noack, and the East African Mus jacksont, de Wint. Of the novelties, the Shrews are perhaps the most interesting. One of the forms, Crocidura luna, was obtained by Mr. Neave during his earlier expedition in Katanga. Since my paper on the Katanga mammals *, the series of Central and East African Crocidura in the British Museum collection has been considerably increased, and it is now evident that these Katanga specimens ought to be considered as * Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) iii. p. 350 (li>00).
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