34 Mr. E. Schwa rz on neio 



Bubalis major matschiei, subsp. n. 



Type locality. District of Kpandu, W. Togo. 



Type. ^ adult. Senckeiiberg iNIuseum. Journal no. 398 

 (skull). 



Skull. Forehead flat, not convex and not bent upwards. 

 Jugal broad, square in front and sharply set off from tlie 

 insignificant masseteric crest of maxillary. 



Horns. Very large and expanded. Angle formed by tips 

 and middle portion usually smaller than in invade?is ; middle 

 portion short, strongly twisted, and very regularly con- 

 verging. Tips extremelv divergent. 



The skull of B. m. matschiei is easily distinguished by its 

 flat forehead and its large and expanded horns. 



Dimensions of type skull. Greatest length 501 mm. ; palatal 

 length 231 ; postorbital width 141"5 ; length of nasals 225 ; 

 length of up|)er tooth-row (alv.) 90*5 ; distance from first 

 premolar to gnatliion 143 ; horns, length along curve 526, 

 greatest width 338, distance of tips 335. 



Damaliscus koba lyra, subsp. n. 



Type locality. Ndioko, Gribiugi River, Upper Sliari district. 



Type. (^ ad. Sencken1)erg Museum, Frankfnrt-a.-M. 

 Journal no. 210. Original no. 161. Collected in February 

 1911 by Dr. 11. Schubotz. 



Allied to D. k. korrigum of Lake Chad and the Lower 

 Shari, but distinguished by tiie horns being much thinner 

 ami their tips being strongly curved upwards and inwards. 



Skull very much as in D. k. korriyum, but more slender 

 aiul distinctly narrower across orbital region. 



Horns much thinner than in korriyum and tiany. AVlien 

 viewed in profile they are seen to be much more strongly 

 recurved, tlie tips being directed upwards from the third 

 knot (counted from the tip). Inward curvature of ti[)s 

 much stronger than in B. k. korriyum. 



J)iinensions of type skull. Basal length 378 mm.; palatal 

 length 229 ; zygomatic width 131; postorbital widtli 116; 

 length of nasals 171 ; length of upper tooth-row (alv.) 92-i ; 

 horns, length (along curvature) 568, greatest width 300, 

 distance of tips 197, diameter of horn at base 66*5. 



This exceedingly well-marked race is at once distinguished 

 from D. k. tinny, which has a similar narrow skull, by the 

 strong eurvature of the horn-tips. It is much to be regretted 

 that no skins are available for comparison. 



