On the Giraffe of Somaliland. '211 



Cressidse, for the genus Cressa^ Boeck ; Laphystiopsidse, for 

 the genus Laphystiopsis, Sars ; Colomastigidge*, for the genus 

 ColomastiXy Grube ; Liljeborgiid^, in accordance with a 

 suggestion made by Professor Sars (' Cru.staoea of Norway,' 

 vol. i. p. 530), to receive tlie genera Liljehorrjia^ Bate, and 

 IJunella, Sars; Melphidippidse, again in accordance with a 

 suggestion by Sars (' Crustacea of Norway,' vol. i. p. 481), 

 to receive the genera Melphidippa, Boeck, and Melphich'ppellay 

 Sars ; Aoridge, for Aoi-a^ Kroyer, and various other genera in 

 which the first gnathopod is larger than the second; Amphi- 

 thoidse, for Amphithoe^ Leach, and genera closely connected 

 with it ; and Ischyroceridse, to receive Iscliyrocerus, Kroyer, 

 and neighbouring genera, which can no longer be grouped 

 under the heading Podocerida3, now that the genus Podoceras 

 has been removed from the family. 



In compensation for all these additions to nomenclature I 

 can only offer a very trifling reduction by cancelling a single 

 genus and a single species. I now feel convinced that 

 Tryphosa antennipotens, Stebbing, is identical with the rather 

 erratically described Uristes gigas^ Dana ; and as I agree with 

 Sars that Tryphosa antennipotens^^ c^mto, undoubtedly" belongs 

 to the same genus as his PseudotrypJiosa wnbonata, it follows 

 that Pseudotryphosa must become a synonym of Uristes^ 

 Dana, that genus containing the two species Uristes gi<j as ^ 

 Dana, and Uristes umbonatus (Sars). 



XIX. — On the Giraffe of Somaliland. 

 By W. E. DE WiNTON. 



In the ' Proceedings of the Zoological Society ' for 1897, 

 pp. 273-283, I gave a report on the existing forms of 

 Giraffe. Since then, consequent on the opening up of com- 

 munications with the interior of Africa, many more specimens 

 have been added to the museums of Europe. It sliould be 

 mentioned that separate local forms have been described by 

 Mr. O. Thomas from Nigeria and by Herr Matschie from 

 German East Africa. I hope shortly to be able to give fuller 

 descriptions of the forms which are found in the different 

 regions of Africa. 



In the meantime I wish to notice a very distinct local race, 

 and so correct a statement in my former paper which may 

 cause confusion if not rectified. 



* Colomastidag, Chevreux, 1899, is named in the ' Comptes rendus de 

 I'Assoc. Franfaise,' Congres de Nantes, 1898. 



