88 THE SELOUS COLLECTION. 



The cliaiucters that distinguish seluusi from capensis do not 

 appear to he of great systematic value ; it is probahle that the 

 name ccipeiisis will eventually have to be used for this Mashona- 

 land Elephant, the elephants from all the area south of the 

 Zambesi being regarded as representing a single race. 



443 —19.7.15.523. Tusks and ears. 10 September, 1880. Lo 

 Magondi's Kraal, Maslionaland, Southern Rhodesia. Length 

 of tusks on outside curve 68 and 68^ ; circumference 16^ ; 

 weight of each tusk 52 lb. 



