| Colour of tegmentum and girdle uniform pale ochraceous to yellowish. |
| In most juvenal mice, the yellow to ochraceous pigments of the subterminal bands are reduced or absent. |
| Elytra piceous, gradually shaded into a castaneous margin, irregularly and minutely punctured, covered with ochraceous pubescence. |
| The breast band of females varies from indistinct to a strong ochraceous color and, in the most extreme individuals, is a clear, light chestnut. |
| Female rather paler, throat and breast washed with ochraceous, and outer primaries not acuminated. |
| It is easily recognised by the uneven mixture of pink and ochraceous colors, and the very hairy or tomentose margin of the cap. |
