Racen of Afiican Ungulates . 43 



iios. 1-2, Rep.). Neck similar but lighter (buff no, 1), and 

 slightly speckled with blackish. No dark patch on withers 

 ( $ ). Crown and cheeks much like neck, but without the 

 dark suffusion. Median dark line not interrupted at fore- 

 head, very narrow, especially on posterior back ; spinal crest 

 very scanty, hairs without any white tips. Lower longitu- 

 dinal white stripe well developed; upper one composed of a 

 row of rather large white spots, which are situated on the 

 white transverse bands and extend almost to the root of the 

 tail. AVhite spots on the haunches comparatively large and 

 very conspicuous. A white spot below eye. 



Most probably this form intergrades with T. s. siynatus. 



Tragelaphus snnptus uellensis, subsp. n. 



Type locaUtif. Angu, Welle River. 



Type. (J. Senckenberg ]\luseum, Frankfurt-a.-M. Jour- 

 nal no. 1198. Original no. 294. Collected in June 1911 

 by Dr. H. Schubotz. 



(J. General colour above dull rusty brown (tan-colour 

 rio. 1), distinctly vcruiiculated with black, all the hairs 

 having black tips, on sides paler and without the black 

 suffusion. Underside of body brownish black (warm sepia 

 no. 3), separated from the red of the rump by a dull brownish 

 zone (much duller than cinnamon no. 4j. Neck very pale, 

 yellowish (maize-yellow no. 4), strongly speckled with black. 

 No distinct sooty patch on the withers. Crown and fore- 

 head much darker (buff no. 4) than cheeks (buff no. 1). 

 " Tragelaphine '' band on fore leg composed behind of hairs 

 which are distinctly annulatcd pale yellowish and blackish 

 brown ; in front there are only a few blackish hairs. Median 

 dark line on back cf nose broad, almost X-sha[)ed, inter- 

 rupted at forehead. Spinal crest moderately long, strongly 

 mixed with white posteriorly. Longitudinal stripes more 

 normal than in T. s. punctatus, the lower one not quite 

 reaching to the haunches, the upper one short and not con- 

 tinued to the transvers-e stripes. Transverse stripes distinct, 

 regular. White spots on haunches numerous, not quite so 

 large as in T. s. puucialus. 



This bushbuck has obviously nothing to do with Matschie's 

 T. s. makala from south of the Ituri River, whose colour is 

 described as " ^larron d'lnde.^' It also difleis from the 

 Ubangi form just described in the characters indicated above 

 and also in its colour ; the individual hairs are really lighter 

 than in that race, but the black tips give a much duller 

 appearance to the fur. This race would appear to have much 



