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  Mr, 
  E. 
  Scliwarz 
  oti 
  neto 
  

  

  Tragelaphus 
  scriptus 
  signatus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Les 
  M'Brous^ 
  River 
  Tomi^ 
  near 
  the 
  Gribingi- 
  

   TJbangi 
  watershed. 
  

  

  Type. 
  ^ 
  adult. 
  Senckenberg 
  Museum^ 
  Frankfurt-a.-M. 
  

   Journal 
  iios. 
  349 
  (skin), 
  162 
  (skull). 
  Original 
  no. 
  70. 
  

   Collected 
  in 
  November 
  1910 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  Schubotz. 
  

  

  Distinguished 
  from 
  T. 
  s. 
  jnctus, 
  of 
  the 
  Lake 
  Chad 
  district, 
  

   by 
  its 
  longer 
  fur, 
  deeper 
  colour, 
  and 
  distinctly 
  smaller 
  size. 
  

  

  (T 
  . 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  deep 
  reddish 
  brown 
  (bistre 
  

   no. 
  4, 
  Rep'), 
  paling 
  on 
  the 
  sides 
  (through 
  bistre 
  no. 
  3 
  to 
  

   brownish 
  terracotta 
  no. 
  ]), 
  and 
  brownish 
  black 
  (reddish 
  

   black 
  no. 
  2) 
  below. 
  Neck 
  and 
  cheeks 
  paler 
  than 
  back 
  

   (brownish 
  terracotta 
  no. 
  2) 
  ; 
  crown 
  slightly 
  darker 
  

   (brownish 
  terracotta 
  no. 
  3). 
  Dark 
  band 
  on 
  forearm 
  deep 
  

   black 
  inside, 
  but 
  not 
  very 
  conspicuous 
  outside. 
  Median 
  

   dark 
  line 
  broader 
  than 
  in 
  pictiis, 
  slightly 
  developed 
  also 
  on 
  

   forehead, 
  and 
  with 
  comparatively 
  less 
  white 
  in 
  the 
  crest, 
  

   caused 
  by 
  the 
  crest-hairs 
  being 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  Chad 
  

   form, 
  but 
  having 
  white 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  breadth 
  only. 
  

   AVhite 
  markings 
  exactly 
  as 
  in 
  T. 
  s. 
  pictus 
  ; 
  only 
  the 
  white 
  

   spots 
  on 
  the 
  haunches 
  are 
  less 
  numerous 
  and 
  slightly 
  larger. 
  

   ? 
  . 
  Like 
  cJ 
  , 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  neck 
  is 
  more 
  reddish, 
  the 
  

   black 
  markings 
  reduced, 
  and 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   colour 
  as 
  the 
  flanks. 
  

  

  Skull. 
  Smaller 
  than 
  in 
  T. 
  s. 
  pictus, 
  with 
  shorter 
  face, 
  

   narrower 
  rostrum, 
  smaller 
  bulke, 
  and 
  stouter 
  horns. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  skull. 
  Basal 
  length 
  206 
  mm. 
  ; 
  vipper 
  

   length 
  234 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length 
  122; 
  palatal 
  width 
  inside 
  ???2 
  39 
  ; 
  

   postorbital 
  width 
  95*3 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  width 
  97'2 
  ; 
  occipital 
  

   width 
  75*6; 
  nasals 
  78*5x21'3; 
  breadth 
  of 
  rostrum 
  across 
  

   premaxillffi 
  33*5 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  ui)per 
  tooth-row 
  (alv.) 
  58"3 
  ; 
  

   length 
  of 
  horns 
  along 
  outer 
  curve 
  243, 
  greatest 
  diameter 
  at 
  

   base 
  40*5 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  bulla 
  36*6. 
  

  

  Tragelaphus 
  scriptus 
  punctatus, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Duma, 
  near 
  Libenge, 
  Ubangi 
  River. 
  

  

  Type. 
  ?. 
  Senckenberg 
  Museum, 
  Frankfurt-a.-M. 
  Jour- 
  

   nal 
  no. 
  220. 
  Original 
  no. 
  17. 
  Collected 
  in 
  September 
  

   1910 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  Schubotz. 
  (No 
  skull.) 
  

  

  Easily 
  distinguished 
  from 
  T. 
  s. 
  signatus 
  by 
  its 
  short 
  and 
  

   close 
  fur, 
  larger 
  spots, 
  and 
  different 
  colour. 
  

  

  ? 
  . 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  yellowish 
  rusty 
  brown 
  (between 
  

   bistre 
  nos. 
  2-3, 
  Rep.), 
  lighter 
  (no. 
  2) 
  on 
  shoulders, 
  thighs, 
  

   and 
  legs. 
  Underside 
  of 
  body 
  orange- 
  buif 
  (buff 
  between 
  

  

  