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is absolutely smaller than P. choeropotamus, if tbe correspon- 

 ding sexes and ages are compared, but tbe relä ti ve dimen- 

 sions af tbe different parts are not mucb different witb tbe 

 exception of tbe parietal region. 



Witb regard to tbe colour P. 1. hova resembles some af 

 its Continental allies of tbe P. chosropotamus-growp as tbe 

 following notes prove. 



A boar mounted in Britisb Museum Nat. Hist. bas tbe 

 general arrangement of tbe colours as in P. ch. johnstoni but 

 it is darker, tbe black on tbe sides reacbes bigber up towards 

 tbe dorsal erest wbicb is black mixed witb wbite. Tbe fore- 

 bead is påle brownisb grey and tbere is some grey in front 

 of tbe usual broad black band round tbe snout. Tbe dark 

 colour of tbe body extends forward on tbe sides of tbe neck 

 and on tbe cbeeks so tbat tbe wbitisb wbiskers form a band 

 tbrougb a blackisb area (of wbicb in tbe old boar of P. ch. 

 johnstoni only a black patcb below tbe eye remains). 



Anotber specimen of P. larvatus hova (B. M. 97. 9. 1 . 162) from 

 Ampitambe, Madagascar is coloured exactly after tbe pattern of 

 its near relative from tbe opposite coast of S. Eastern Africa. 

 Tbe black band round tbe snout extends, bowever, all tbe way 

 from tbe warts to tbe naked terminal area so tbat tbere are 

 no ligbt bairs in front on tbe upper lip. Tbe forebead from 

 tbe warts to tbe ears is greyisb by mixed brown, wbitisb 

 and blackisb bairs. Above eitber eye tbere is a longitudinal 

 blackisb stripe. Below tbe eye tbere is also a blackisb stripe 

 and tben follows tbe wbite wbiskers wbicb börder tbe black 

 lower parts. Tbe dorsal crest is strongly developed witb 

 long bristles wbicb to a great extent are wbite on tbe neck, 

 furtber back tbere is more black. Tbe back and flanks are 

 covered witb long black, and rufous bristles tbe sboulders 

 as well as tbe legs and feet are black, and so are tbe lower 

 parts from tbe cbin to tbe v en t. 



Two young pigs of tbis Madagascar race in Brit. Museum 

 bave black snouts, yellowisb brown forebeads, and tbe dorsal 

 crest blackisb w^itb wbitisb tips. Otberwise tbey are yellowisb 

 brown longitudinally striped witb black, tbis being more con- 

 spicuous in tbe younger specimen. Tbese notes togetber 

 witb Major' s description and figures may suffice to sbow 

 wbat P. larvatus hova is like. 



Its difference from tbe western P. larvatus bas already 

 been pointed out above. As tbe latter bas not been very 



