1896.] MAMMALS OF NTASALAND. 797 



head and body 635 millim.; tail without hairs 25; ear-opening 

 (in wet state) 87 X 00. Horns, length anteriorly 31 ; basal circum- 

 ference 39. 



Type. B.M. No. 96.10.26.3. 



This very beautiful little Autelope forms an interesting con- 

 necting link between the Grysbok and the Steinbok, which it has 

 been sometimes thought might be placed in different genera, owing 

 to their difference in hoof-structure. In the latter important 

 respect B. sharpei agrees with the Steinbok, having no supple- 

 mentary hoofs, but in the presence of the white hairs in its coat it 

 resembles the Grysbok, while its horns are equally different from 

 both its allies. 



If the type is an adult specimen (and its digital epiphyses are 

 already closed), the horns are shorter in proportion than in any 

 other species of the group, but even if not, their great thickness 

 and conical shape would readily distinguish them from those of 

 any other known species. 



Mr. Sliarpe is to be congratulated on his discovery of this hand- 

 some little species, and will, we may hope, soon send home 

 further specimens of it, accompanied by their skulls. 



72. KoBUS ELLirSIPRTMNUS, Og. 



(P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504 ; 1894, p. 145.) 



73. KoBus VAEDONi, Livingst. 

 (Scl. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 98.) 



74. KoBus SENOANUS, Scl. & Thos. 



a. Imm. ? . Senga Valley, Tipper Loangwa E. Presented by 

 Mr. E. Orawshay. Type of species. 



This interesting animal, the representative in the Senga 

 Valley of K. vardoni, from which it differs in its smaller size, is 

 fully described in the ' Book of Antelopes ' (ii. p. 145) and only a 

 passing reference to it is here necessary. 



75. Obevioapea abunbinum, Bodd. 

 (P. Z. S. 1894, p. 146.) 



Lake Mweru {A. Sharpe). 



The Mweru Eeedbuck has a well-marked black patch on the 

 crown between the horns. Similar patches have been noticed by 

 Gray in S. African specimens. 



76. JJPTOBROS MBLAMPUS JOnNSTONI, ThoS. 



(P. Z. S. 1892, p. 553 ; 1894, p. 145.) 



77. HiPPOTHAGus NIGER, Ilarr. 

 (P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504.) 



78. Obeas oanna, H. Sm. 



(P. Z. S. 1893, p. 504 ; 1894, p. 145.) 



