KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 48. N:0 5, 141 
The following measurements of the skull of this specimen are recorded for 
comparison with other species. 
Length of skull mesially from occipital crest to tip of premaxillaries . . . . .« 325 mm. 
PEMSIOUMIM METS) via lS ols bile bps els salle « ee ss pelea © 's 263 
WIGGHEOR PRriGmunring aren ton holes ht. Neha eee Sie eae ee 42 
Pee ILM TRT VIEL? oie teas, Cota ele PLS Sb iple 2S cit Paves 6 119 
Grontenh syaomatio With sserdee co Ss rticl Wie Slate aye Spb wl eiie «fel ehe 2m 197 
Length of the postorbital portion of the skull . ..... 2... 22 ee eee 36 
From these measurements may be seen, as well as from the percentages quoted 
above, how widely Ph. delamerei differs both from the broad-headed Ph. massaicus, 
and the long-headed Ph. eliani. 
When speaking about this last species | take the opportunity of discussing a 
question about the identity of Ph. wliani Cretzscumar, and Ph. haroia EHRENBERG, 
which I have not been able to settle before, but for the solving of which I have 
now received some material. The Swedish Missionary Rev. Mr. K. Rop®&n has kindly 
procured a fine skull of a Wart-hog boar from Gheleb in Eritrea. This place is 
situated only about 75 kilometres northwest from Arkiko which is the type locality 
of »Ph. haroia». It appears thus most probable that the same kind of Wart-hog 
shall be found at these two not very distant localities. 
The male skull from Gheleb measures mesially from occipital crest to tip of 
nasals 391 mm. and has thus very nearly the same length (viz. 388 mm.) as an 
Abyssinian skull of Ph. eliani in Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. The length of the postorbital 
portion of both skulls is the same viz. 60 mm. The width of the parietal flat area 
is a little greater in the skull from Gheleb viz. 32 mm., but it can nevertheless be 
termed narrow as it is only about 8,3 °o of the length of the skull. The interorbital 
width measures 123 mm. that is about 31,4 ° of the upper length of the skull, while 
the same percentage for the Abyssinian skull is nearly the same viz. 31,7 °°. There 
can thus be no doubt that the Wart-hog from Gheleb is identical with the Abyssi- 
nian Ph. eliani, and accordingly it may be concluded that Ph. haroia is fully syno- 
nymous with Ph. eliani. 
For future comparison a few measurements of a female skull of Ph. eliani 
from Gheleb may be added: 
Length of skull mesially from occipital crest to tip of premaxillaries .... . 335 mm. 
ReItCNEe OF PAROtAl TIMLAMEGN, s Stents! ca clita cs. sl ate tatet a aie Cesk ee 33» 
PMORPRILOLULDIGAL IGE I2tae. sl lemeset «hy eit IS RESO, oie tele. 103 
mength jof postorbital portion iof skull) 5 5j..6) -(js) Fyfe ia ss ois wie le 55 
The parietal flat area is thus in the female a little broader than in the male. 
Phacocherus africanus subsp. 
Wart-hogs are or have been not uncommon on the plains around Nairobi. As 
I, however, had very little opportunity of shooting there, I did not obtain any ma- 
