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B.— Raphicerus sharpei colonicus. 



Eaphicerus sharpei colonicus, Thomas and Schwann, Froc. Zool. Soc. 



1906, p. 583. 

 Ehapbiceros sharpei colonicus, Lydekker, Game Animals of Africa, 



p. 180, 1908 ; Ward, Records of Big Game, ed. 6, p. 187, 1910. 



Typical locality Kleiu Letalja, Transvaal. 



Feet longer than in typical race ; general colour richer 

 with a more distinct purplish tinge, and the white hairs 

 more numerous ; under-parts, including throat, purplish hufl', 

 with the bounding line indistinct on sides of belly ; auditory 

 buU^ larger. Basal length of skull 4-i-V (112 mm.), maximum 

 width 2-fg (64 mm.), length from muzzle to orbit 2y\ 

 (59 mm.); length of tail 3 (76 mm.), of hind-foot without 

 hoof 7| inches (195 mm.). 



5. 12. 9. 81. Skull, with horns, and skin. Klein Letaba, 

 north-eastern Transvaal; collected by Mr. C. H. B. Grant. 

 Type. Presented hy C. D. Rudcl, Esq., 1905. 



5. 12. 9. 80. Skull, with horns, and skin. Same locality 



and collector. Same history. 



8. 4. 3. 1. Skull and skin, female. Tette, Zambesia. 



Same collector. Same donor, 1908. 



2. Subgenus NOTOTRAGUS. 



Nototragus, Thomas and ScMuann, Abstr. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, p. 10 ; 



Pocock, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1910, p. 882. 

 Grysbock, Knottnerus-Meyer, Arch. Naturgesch. vol. Ixxiii, pt. 1, 



p. 99, 1907. 



Distinguished from Eaphicerus by the retention of lateral 

 hoofs. 



III. EAPHICEROS (NOTOTRAGUS) MELANOTIS. 



Antilope melanotis, Thiinherg, Mem. Ac. Sci. St. Petersh. vol. iii, 

 p. 312, 1811 ; Afzelius, Nova Acta Soc. Uxisal. vol. vii, pp. 257 and 

 262, 1815 ; Goldfiiss, Schreher's Sdugthiere, vol. v, p. 1235, 

 1818 ; Desniarest, Mammalogie, vol. ii, p. 459, 1822 ; Lesson, Man. 

 Mamm. p. 376, 1827; Lichtenstein, Darstellung. Sdugeth. pi. xii, 

 1828 ; J. B. Fischer, Synop. Mamm. p. 465, 1829 ; Smuts, Enum. 

 Mamm. Cap. p. 82, 1832; Owen, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1836, p. 37, 

 Anat. Vertebrates, vol. iii, p. 633, 1868; Watcrhouse, Cat. 

 Mamm. Mus. Zool. Soc. p. 42, 1838 ; Oken, AUgcmeine Natur- 



