1906,] ON A SOUTH AFRICAN DIAPTOSAURIAN REPTILE. 591 



46. Lepus zuluensis Thos. & Schw. 



c?. 1151, 1166, 1174, 1355. $. 1152, 1180, 1206, 1213. 



" Basuto name ' Muda.' 



"Very common in all stony places. It is not found on the 

 flat open country round Pietersburg, where it is replaced by 

 Lepus ochropus" — 0, H. B. G. 



47. Lepus ochropus Wagn. 

 $ . 1215. Pietersburg. 



" Common, but confined to the high veldt round Pietersburg." — 

 0. H. B. G. 



48. Pronolagus crassicaudatus Geoff, 

 c? juv. 1328, 



" Curiously uncommon, considering the great stretches of 

 country suited to its habits. I only observed two of these Hares 

 during my stay here." — C. H. B. G. 



49. Procavia capensis Pall. 

 6- 1182. $. 1194, 1344. 

 " Basuto name ' Imbile.' 



" l^ot nearly so common as P. brucei, with which it inhabits 

 the same kopjes and krantzes. Diurnal only." — C, H. B. G. 



50. Procavia brucei Gray. 



6. 1133, 1342. $. 1184, 1193, 1354, 1359. 

 " Basuto name ' Imbile.' 



*' This species is much commoner than P. capensis, but is much 

 more difficult to secure, being more wary." — C. H. B. G. 



51. Cephalophus grimmii L. 



S. 1214. 2- 1129, 1167, 1341, 1351. 



" Basuto name ' Imputi.' 



" Common at Woodbush, but scarcer on the flats round Pieters- 

 burg. It feeds during the night and spends the day lying on the 

 kopjes". -C.H.B.G, 



2. On the South African Diaptosaurian Reptile Howesia. 

 By R Beoom, M.D., D.Sc, C.M.Z.S., Victoria College, 

 Stellenboscb. 



[Eeceived May 15, 1906.] 



(Plates XL. & XLI.*) 



About a year ago I published in the Records of the Albany 

 Museum t a preliminary notice of a very interesting small 



* For explanation of the Plates, see p. 600. 



f " Preliminaiy Notice of some new Fossil Reptiles collected by Mr. Alfred Brown 

 at Aliwal North, S. Africa." Rec. Alb. Mus. Grahanistown, vol. i. pt, iv. p. 269 

 (1905). 



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