370 Mr. R. T. Pocock on some 



bonier of tlie nostril, hut there is no depression on the 

 antero-supcrior siirliice of the rliinariuin ; the posterior edge 

 of the upper ^urf;u'e ol" the hitter is only slightly angular, 

 the hairs of the muzzle extcndiug in a nearly straight line 

 across between the posterior angles of the nostrils. It is in 

 this respect that the rhinarium differs so markedly from 

 that of Eleotragns. 



There is a bare patch of skin below the ear *. 



Of the two pairs of inyuinal glands, the anterior consists 

 on each side of a wide but shallow pouch, and the posterior 

 of a suhcylindrical but dilatabhi pouch about 2 inches deep, 

 the yellow secretion having a starchy smell. 



Of the pedal glands no vestige remains; on the fore foot 

 the false hoofs are united at tlu; base, on the hind foot they 

 are separated by a narrow strip of naked skin. 



The ylam penis (fig. 1, 15) is slightly thickened towards 

 the extremity, then gradually narrowed to a blunt point; 

 the urethral canal is produced into a short slender tube 

 overlapping the tip of the penis to a small extent. This 

 penis is very like that of Eleotragus arundinum described 

 and figured by Lonnl)erg (Ark. Zool. Stockholm, (5) v. 

 no. 10, p. 6, fig. 5, 1909), except that the urethral process 

 appears to be a little longer. 



Genus Adexota, Gray. 

 Adenota kob, Erxl. (p. 915). 



1 have nothing to add to the description of this species 

 published in 1910 : but it is important to recapitulate the 

 characters upon which the genus should be sustained, 

 although ;Mr. Lydekker regarded it merely as a subgenus of 

 Kobiis. 



It resembles Kobus in the structure of the rhinarium 

 (q. V. infra) and in possessing a tufted instead of a bushy 

 tail like that of Pelea and Reduncu. It differs from Kobus 

 in having a preorbital gland, consisting of a thickened area 

 of skin, and a single pair of inguinal glands. In one of 

 the specitiieiis described in 1910 I recorded the presence of 

 an additioiuil vestigial or rudimentary inguinal glaud, lying 

 far out away from the mammte, on the right side. This 



* This patch was absent in the two examples of the t^'pical race of 

 thlB species described in 1910. This statement was evidently overlooked 

 by Mr. Lydekker in 1U14, when he citt d the presence of this patch as 

 one of the I'eatiires distinguishing liedimca from Kobus. The naked 

 patch is not glandular, but consists of very thin skin. Its function is 

 unknown. 



