524 Scientific Notices. 



Art. LXIII. Scientific Notices. 



Motice of a new species of Antelope, by Henry Woods, Esq., F.Z.S., 

 A. L. S. 



Mr. Cross has in his possession at present an Antelope, brought from 

 the neighbourhood of the Cape of Good Hope, the general form and 

 colouring of which appear sufficiently peculiar to warrant its being 

 considered as a new species ; at least I have not been able to meet with 

 either a figure or description bearing any close resemblance to it. The 

 following are its principal characters : size, that of a goat : horns 

 round, black, with one annulus at the base, diverging laterally and 

 i^in converging slightly at the apices: profile view nearly straight, 

 slanting back, and very slightly inclining forwards at the points. Head 

 large ; muzzle hairy ; body thick and short ; a white disk on the but- 

 tocks ; upper half of tail white, its termination furnished witli long, 

 scanty black hairs ; limbs long and delicate ; general colour dull fawn, 

 variegated with deep brown and isabella. The most distinguishing mark 

 of this animal is a dark gray stripe of an extraordinary form, commencing 

 between the horns, and proceeding down the centre of the face to the 

 muzzle ; from which I would propose, as its specific name, Antilope per- 

 sonata. Its appellation among the Dutch, colonists, is Bompte-hok. 



A more complete description, accompanied by a figure, will appear in 

 the next Number. 



Xotice of a new Species of Elater. 

 ElATER PUNCTO-LINEATUS. 



Black ; head and tliorax finely punctate, slightly pubescent ; elytra 

 punctate, with numerous longitudinal rows of excavated spots : antennae 

 serrate, of the $ slightly more than those of the $ . Length, ^ ; 

 breadth, i, of an inch. 



A pair was taken (supposed ^ and ? ) in meadows near Twickenham, 

 Surrey, June, 1827. 



J. Pelerin. 



