MAMMALIA. 65 



Skull with " no suborbital fissure nor fossa, but a wide opening 

 on the side of the muzzle, between the maxillary and intermax- 

 illary bones ; the masseteric ridge rising before the orbit ; the 

 auditory bulla large and prominent, with only a small groove on 

 its outer side to receive the attachment of the stylohyal bone ; 

 the occiput broad, somewhat produced downwards; its basal 

 portion with the posterior pair of tubercles broad, the anterior 

 ones small. Molars without the supplemental lobe." Turner. 

 Skull, t. 7. f. 3. 



Antilope vera, sp., Licht. Berl. Mag. vi. 1814. 



A. (Ceratophorus) Gazella, sp., Blainv. Bull. Sci. Phil. 1816. 



Gazella, sp., Gervais, Supp. D. S. N. i. 261, 1840. 



Antilope, Gray, Ann. fy Mag. N. H. 1847 ; Knowsley Menag. 6 ; 



Turner, P. Z. Soc. 1849. 

 -ZEpyceros, Sundevall, Pecora, 87. 



Major H. Smith erroneously assigns a suborbital sinus to this 

 animal. 



1. ^EPYCEROS MELAMPUS. PALLAH or ROOYE Boc. 



Bay; sides and beneath paler. Belly, anal disk, and lower 

 side of tail white. Crown, anal streak and tip of tail blackish. 

 Tuft above feet, and back of feet black. 



Antilope (vera) Melampus, Licht. Berl. Mag. vi. 167, 1814 ; 



Burch. Trav. ii. 301 ; Reise, ii. 544. t. 4 ; Schreb. Saugth. 



1224. t. 274; Harris, Wild Anim. Africa, t. 15. 

 A. (Gazella) Euchore, Desm. Mamm. 456; H. Smith, G. A. K. 



iv. 198. t., v. 828; Fischer, Syn. 463. 630; Burchell, Trav. ii. 



301. 

 Antilope Melampus, Gray, List Mam. B. M. 162; Cat. OsteoL 



B. M. 56; Knowsley Menag. 6; Turner, P. Z. S. 1849. 

 Gazella melampus, Gervais, Supp. D. S. N. i. 261. 

 JSpyceros melampus, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1850, 116. 

 Pallah, S. Daniel, Afric. Seen. n. 9. 

 Betjuan, Coffers. 

 Hab. South Africa. 



Adult male. S. Africa. From Dr. Smut's Collection. 

 Adult female. From Dr. Smut's Collection. 

 Young male. From the South African Museum. 

 Female. S. Africa. Presented by the Earl of Derby. 



OSTEOLOGY. Skull, t. 7. f. 3. Turner, P. Z. Soc. 1849, skull. 



Horns. South Africa. Presented by William Burchell, Esq., 

 LL.D. 



Two pairs of horns. S. Africa. 



Tw;o pairs of horns. S. Africa. Mr. Argent's Collection. 



