On Heterocera from the Transvaal. 359 



Gephalophus rujilatus. 



S ? , Gambaga, March 1899. 



" Not uncommon; very solitary in its habits; never seen 

 more than 100 yards from water." 



The adult horns of this little Duiker were until quite lately 

 unknown : the male specimen may be considered an unusually 

 large one ; it is an old animal, and the horns, although much 

 worn down at the tips, are very much longer than any other 

 known head. 



This specimen was exhibited before the Zoological Society, 

 and is figured in part iii. of its ' Proceedings ' fur this year, 

 p. 772. 



Ourebia nigricaudata . 



$ , Gambaga. 



Common about Gambaga, but not observed far to the south 

 of that place. 



Hippotragus equinus gambianus. 



(^ c^, Turau, Gurunsi, 9 miles south of 11° N. 



These Koan Antelopes were obtained by Lieut.-Col. H. P. 

 Northcott, who has presented them to the British Museum, 

 where one of the heads has been mounted. The general 

 colour of the younger specimen is much redder than any 

 specimens which I have seen from other parts of Africa, this 

 bright colour reaching down to the feet. 



The older specimen is very pale and tawny in colour and 

 lacks the bluish grizzling which is generally seen in the 

 South-African form. 



Col. Giffard writes as follows: — "Roan I saw in 

 Dagomba, some 40 miles S. of Gambaga, also at Gambaga in 

 March, when I shot two ; also in uninhabited country about 

 50 miles from Yabum towards Kumassi." 



XXXIX. — So7ne appare?itli/ uiidescribed S^^ecies of Heterocera 

 from the Transvaal. By AV. L. DISTANT. 



T]IE Moths here described will be all figured in my ' Insecta 

 Transvaaliensia,' and they refer to species recently received 

 from that often beautiful, always interesting, but now most 

 unbappy country. 



