Central and Western Africi. 267 



is conliiuied further in some other skins. Underside of body 

 light buffy white. Ears very long, ochraceous posteriorly, 

 witii dark brown pencils at tip. Dark face-markings variable, 

 sometimes only in front of the eyes, sometimes nearly 

 covering the whole face. 



Skull and ho7'ns. Skull chiefly distinguished by its large 

 size and long and broad nasals. Horns very long and 

 expanded ; tips either pointing extremely outward or strongly 

 inward. From the East-African E. e. bukeri this form 

 differs in these characters and the strong backward curvature 

 of the horns as well as the long horn^tips ; from the western 

 forms it is distinguished by its large size. 



dimensions of lype skxdJ. Upper length 455 mm. ; i)asal 

 length 425 ; palatal length 245 ; zygomatic width 170 ; 

 orbitol width 187 J mastoid width 135; nasals, greatest 

 length 191 ; length of upper tooth-row (alv.) 137. 



In colour Egocerus equinus scliariciis more nearly resembles 

 E. e. gamhianus ; in tlie shape o? i\\Q horns it is intermediate 

 between the eastern bakeri and the western forms, while in 

 size it comes nearer to the eastern forms. As a matter of 

 fact, however, it is by fur the largest of the " Sudan " 

 races. 



Kohas uiictuosvs tschudensis, sp. n. 



Type locality. Mafaling, Shari River. 



Type. ^ ad. Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt-a.-M. 

 Journal no. 1084. Original no. A 259. Collected May Gth, 

 1911. 



Chiefly distinguished from K. u. defassa by its narrower 

 skull and the pale anterior j)ortion of back. 



Anterior portion of back, withers, and upper parts of 

 shoulders fawn, markedly contrasted with the colour of neck, 

 thighs, and flanks, which is distinctly ochraceous. Fore- 

 head tawny, middle portion of face brownish black, paler 

 posteriorly. Cheeks fawn. Back of ears pale reddish fawn 

 with blackish tips. Buttocks buffy white. Limbs blackish 

 brown from some distance above wrists and hocks. Light 

 markings as follows : a narrow white band round muzzle, a 

 narrow white stripe on each side above eye ; a bufly band 

 round the base of each hoof and false hoof. 



Skull. Narrower and more slender than in K. u. defassa, 

 profile of brain-case much more convex, especially behind; 

 occipital plane much narrower. Nasals more convex 

 transversely. 



