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Typical locality Semliki Forest. 



Contrast of colour more distinct than in batesi (of which 

 this form may be merely a local race) ; the dark tints being 

 deeper and the light shades brighter. General colour 

 approximately cinnamon; median dorsal area dusky, owing 

 to black tips of hairs ; forehead and crown dark brown, with 

 a narrow lighter line above each eye ; hair of ears black on 

 outer, white on inner surface ; chin, lower side of jaw, and 

 under-parts white; throat-band brownish cinnamon; front 

 of legs dark brown, with a whitish patch on shanks and 

 basal phalanges, followed by brown on the second phalanges ; 

 tail, so far as known, coloured like body. Nasals broader 

 above than in "batesi, expanding into a well-marked angle on 

 each side ; premaxillo-maxillary vacuity (in the type skull) 

 larger; and horns inclined upwards at a slightly greater 

 angle. Basal length of skull 3|- inches (96 5 mm.) ; maxi- 

 mum width 2j^ (52 mm.) ; distance from orbit to muzzle 2 

 (51 mm.) ; length of upper series of cheek-teeth 1^(32 mm.) ; 

 nasals 1J X ^f inches (37 X 23 mm.). 



5. 10. 21. 3. Skull, with horns. Semliki Forest, 

 eastern Congo. Type. Mounted skin of same individual in 

 possession of donor. 



Presented ~by Lieut. -Col. J. J. Harrison, 1905. 



7. 4. 23. 3. Immature skull, with horns, and skin. 

 Gumbali, Bomakandi Valley, Upper Welle. 



Presented ty B. L. Reid, Esq., 1907. 



3. SUBGENUS NEOTRAGUS. 

 For synonymy, see above, p. 158. 



No premaxillo-maxillary vacuity in skull ; orbital margin 

 as in Hylarnus ; hind border of palate opposite front edge 

 of third upper molar ; horns very short, smooth, and inclining 

 backwards in the plane of the forehead. 



The distributional area is restricted to the hinterland of 

 the West Coast, from Liberia to Lagos. 



