On the so-called new Sahf<imUy Ceratoclieilinaj. 279 



white throat-patch as in natalensis, lower throat and chest 

 only slightly tinged with rufous; belly paler than back. 

 Nape darker than in natalensis, the hairs where the nape- 

 patch fades into the back markedly ringed dark slate and 

 ochraceous. Marked patch on face above the nostrils 

 ash- or mouse-grey, this patch almost indiscernible in true 

 natalensis and limited to a short median line^ 10-15 mm. 

 broad, in amcenus. 



Dimensions of an adult male from theGorongoza District, 

 Portuguese East Africa : — 



Head and body 850 mm. ; tail 121 ; hind foot 197 (? 207) ; 

 ear 85. 



Skull: greatest length 168; basal length 148; palatal 

 length 35 ; zygomatic breadth 74 ; nasals 58 ; upper molar 

 series 46. 



The type locality is given as Portuguese East A.frica by 

 Mr. Rothschild. The specimen described above is almost 

 an absolute topotype of Dr. Troucssart^s type of vassei. 



Cephalophus natalensis bradshawi, subsp. n. 



Size as in robertsi. General colour pale tawny ochraceous, 

 much paler and yellower than even robertsi. White throat- 

 patch as usual, but all the rest of the throat, chest, inner side 

 of fore limbs, and belly almost white, only slightly tinged with 

 rufous. Nape-patch somewhat more developed than in 

 robertsi. Grey patch on lower face even more marked than 

 in robertsi. 



Dimensions : — 



No body-measurements were recorded by the collector, but 

 almost certainly these are the same as in robertsi. 



Skull : greatest length 163 mm. ; basal length 144 ; 

 palatal length 86 ; zygomatic breadth 70 ; nasals 56 ; upper 

 molar series 45. 



Distribution. Nyasa (type from Chiromo, Shire River). 



Type. Very old female. B.M. no. 11. 6. 16. 1. Col- 

 lected by Major C. P. Bradshaw on the 27th October, 1910, 

 and presented to the Natural History Museum. 



XXXVIII. — On the so-called new Tipulid Subfamily 



CeratocheiliuEe, Wesche. By F. W. Edwards, B.A. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



On reading the late Mr. Wesche's paper (J. Linn. Soc, 



Zool. XXX. 1910, p. 358) in July of last year, the writer was 



struck by the resemblance of the figures of the rostrum of 



