370 Mr. R. I. Pocock on some 



border of the nostril, but there is no depression on the 

 antero-superior surface of the rhinarium ; the posterior edge 

 of the upper surface of the latter is only slightly angular, 

 the hairs of the muzzle extending in a nearly straight line 

 across between- the posterior angles of the nostrils. It is in 

 this respect that the rhinarium differs so markedly from 

 that of Eleotragus. 



There is a bare patch of skin below the ear *. 



Of the two pairs of inguinal glands, the anterior consists 

 on each side of a wide but shallow pouch, and the posterior 

 of a subcylindrical but dilatable pouch about 2 inches deep, 

 the yellow secretion having a starchy smell. 



Of the pedal glands no vestige remains ; on the fore foot 

 the false hoofs are united at the base, on the hind foot they 

 are separated by a narrow strip of naked skin. 



The glans penis (fig. 1, B) is slightly thickened towards 

 the extremity, then gradually narrowed to a blunt point ; 

 the urethral canal is produced into a short slender tube 

 overlapping the tip of the penis to a small extent. This 

 penis is very like that of Eleotragus arundinum described 

 and figured by Lonnberg (Ark. Zool. Stockholm, (5) v. 

 no. 10, p. 6, fig. 5, 1909), except that the urethral process 

 appears to be a little longer. 



Genus Adenota, Gray. 

 Adenota kob, Erxl. (p. 915). 



I have nothing to add to the description of this species 

 published in 1910 ; but it is important to recapitulate the 

 characters upon which the genus should be sustained, 

 although Mr. Lydekker regarded it merely as a subgenus of 

 Kobus. 



It resembles Kobus in the structure of the rhinarium 

 (g. v. infra) and in possessing a tufted instead of a bushy 

 tail like that of Pelea and Redunca. It differs from Kobus 

 in having a preorbital gland, consisting of a thickened area 

 of skin, and a single pair of inguinal glands. In one of 

 the specimens described in 1910 I recorded the presence of 

 an additional vestigial or rudimentary inguinal gland, lying- 

 far out away from the mammae, on the right side. This 



* This patch was absent in the two examples of the typical race of 

 this species described in 1910. This statement was evidently overlooked 

 by Mr. Lydekker in 1914, when he cited the presence of this patch as 

 one of the features distinguishing- Redunca from Kobus. The naked 

 patch is not glandular, but consists of very thin skin. Its function is 

 unknown. 



