506 MR. p. L. SCLATEK ON SKINS OF MAMMALS. [June 6, 



ing larvae. They were remarkable for their good preservation and 

 excellent mountina;. 



0. A series of Diurnal Lepidoptera obtained by Herr Garlepp 

 at a height of 17,000 feet on the Bolivian Andes. 



Mr. Sclater exhibited some skins of Mammals obtained by 

 Mr. H. H. Johnston, C.B., F.Z.S., Lieut. B. L. Sclater, E.E., 

 Messrs. Buchanan, Bros., and Mr. A. Whyte, F.Z.S., in the 

 Shire Highlands, British Central African Protectorate, and made 

 the following remarks : — 



1. Cercopithecus albigtjlaris. 



Two flat skins of this Monkey obtained by Mr. B. L. Sclater 

 from the natives near Blantyre, where the species was said to be 

 common. We have also received several living examples of this 

 species from Mombasa S and Mr. True has recorded its occurrence 

 in the Kilimanjaro District (see my remarks above, p. 251 ). It 

 is therefore certainly an East-African species, and I can hardly 

 believe that the specimens from the Gold Coast referred to this 

 species by Schlegel (Mus. des Pays-Bas, vii. p. 79) and Jentink 

 (oj). cit. xi. p. 20) can have been correctly determined. 



2. HiPPOTRAGUS NIGER. 



A flat skin of an adult specimen of the Sable Antelope, which 

 Mr. Johnston writes to me (Zomba, July 29, 1892) was shot in the 

 plain between Zomba and Lake Shirwa. 



My son also has brought home a fine head of this Antelope, which 

 was obtained on the Portuguese bank of the Euo, opposite Zoa. 

 He also met with it in the plains between Zomba and Milanji, at 

 an altitude of about 1800 feet. 



3. BUBALIS tICHTENSTEINI. 



The Hartebeest, my son tells me, is found all over the Shire 

 Highlands, and is very abundant in some localities. It frequents 

 the open grassy plains at all altitudes. It is often to be seen in 

 company with the Zebra (Equus burchelli). I exhibit the head of 

 an adult male. 



4. COBUS ELIilPSIPRIMNUS. 



This Antelope, of which I exhibit several heads, is, as my son 

 tells me, the most numerous of the tribe on all the lower plains. 

 It is very abundant in the Elephant-Marsh between Chiromo and 

 Katunga, and often ascends the lower hills. It is also common on 

 the Upper Shire, and on the Shirw'a and Tochila plains, generally 

 not far from water, but does not usually penetrate the higher 

 hiUs. 



' One from Mr. T. E. C. Eemington, of Mombasa, received May 20, 1893, 

 and others previously. 



