32 S.KISTEDTS KILIMAND.IARO-MERU EXPEDITION. ~2. 



Proboscidia. 



Klcplias sp. 



0n the western side of Kiliinandjaro Elephants were rather common and a herd 

 seemed to have its regular haunts in the forest belt round Kiraragua river. From there 

 the Elephants wandered down to the rivers Sanya, Lima and Nassai. They were more 

 numerous, however, towards NW or NNW where a herd containing about 16 animals 

 was seen. As it is forbidden to shoot Elephants in the Kilimandjaro district they were, 

 of course, not molested. On Kilimandjaro fresh tracks were seen in Febr. 1906 at Ki- 

 bosho in the upper most parts of the rainforest and lower parts of the mountain meadows 

 at an altitude of 3,000 m. On Meru tracks were seen in Jan. 1906 in the upper rain-forrsi 

 about 3.500 m. above the sea. (SJOSTEDT. ) 



Perissodactla. 



liirornis (LINNE). 

 (PL 4. figs. 2 & 3). 



Kiluuandjaro: 1 specimen skeleton and skin <$ ad. from the steppe at Ngare nai- 

 robi -'Vii 1905. - - Meru: I specimen (skeleton and skin) ? ad. from the Hippopotamus 

 lakes (Lake Merker) */ 1906. 



The length from snout to vent of the male specimen was 3 m. The circumference 

 of the neck behind the ears 1,44 m. The girth round the chest 2,54 m. Both specimens 

 are fullgrown but young . 



The Rhinoceroses were in some places rather common, especially round the Hippo- 

 potamus lakes between Meru and Kilimandjaro, at Ngare nairobi and Ngare na nyuki. 

 The male and female specimens which were shot for the collections and of which skin 

 and skeletons were procured had both of them numerous larvae of Oestrida? in the ven- 

 tricle. I succeeded to hatch one of these (Spathicera meruensis SJOSTEDT n. sp. ) after 

 a couple of months rearing and thus definitively solve the problem about these larva 1 

 of Oestridfe known for more than half a century. The larva? found by me belonged to 

 two species, both different from a third form found by SCHILLINGS in this region. It is 

 thus proved that in the same part of Africa at least 3 different species of Oe^tn'ila- infest 

 the ventricle of the Rhinoceros. (SJOSTEDT) (For a full report about this see S.JOSTKDT: 

 10 Diptera, 2 Oestridte of this work. ) 



KqilHS rli;i|im;mi Imlimi (\IATSCH1E). 



EquusbdhmiM.A.TSCiiiE: Sitz. ber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1892 p. 131. 



Kilimandjaro: 2 specimens from Ngare nairobi resp. '- s (jim. ) and lr '/s (c?ad.). 

 Mem: '2 specimens from Ngare na nyuki resp. 17 ,io and ls , 10 (? ad.). 



Two of these zebras have shadow-stripes upon the haunches, although not very 

 sharply developed. The two others have none. As these four specimens belong i<> 

 practically the same herd, it is evident that the presence or absence of shadow-stripes 



