On Comioclioetes t;iiirinus cooksoiii, suhsp. n. 337 



productive of negative iuforiiKitioii with regard to the harte- 

 beeste skulls found in tiie tomb-pits. Professor Budge 

 told me that no dates with reference to the period at whicii 

 these antelopes existed can be relied upon, as the pits were 

 frequently re-opened. They may have been indigenous to 

 Egypt, or brought up alive from the Sudan and sacrificed at 

 the tombs. Ivo drawings are extant which can be identified 

 with this harteheeste in particular, although there are 

 seveial representing antelopes in different fornn. 



XXXVI. — Connoclioefes tauiiuus cooksoni, snhsp. n. 

 By GiLiiEKT Blaine. 



Resembling johnstoni, but without the white chevron across 

 the face. 



Colour on sides of lace, neck, shoulders, and flanks ash- 

 grey tinged with rufous, the rufous tinge becoming more 

 apparent infeiiorly, viz., on sides of face, throat, chest, and 

 lower parts of shoulder.-^. Posterior back^ rump, quarters, 

 and tail greyish rufous. Belly rufous. Inside of thighs 

 ]>ale ochraceous. Legs pale ochraceous brown. Neck and 

 flanks with usual brindled lijarkings. Face, chin, dorsal 

 and throat inanes black. A black spot on knees and black 

 between forks of hoofs. Tail with large black tuft, and 

 edged laterally with black fringe from root to near tip. 



Hah. The Loangwa Valley, N.E. Rhodesia. 



Type. Adult skin, male. B.M. no. 6. 5. 2. 2, from the 

 Loangwa River (E. bank). (.Vllected and presented bv 

 11. Cookson, E<q. 



'J'his race is marcst to johnntoni, from which it differs in 

 being generally lighter and greyer {johnsiuni being darker 

 and browner), and in having no trace of the white chevron 

 across the face below the eyes. 



Tauiimis is much darker, the general colour being daik 

 greyish brown, which does not cliange on the sides of face 

 and neck, but only on posterior back and rump, where it is 

 less grey. The legs in tuurimis are deep seal-brown. 



The skins of the gnus from the Loangwa valley in the 

 B.M. collection are larger than those of taurinus, and the 

 hoofs also apj;ear to be larger. Unfortunately there are no 

 skulls to compare with tuvrinvs. 



