SYNOPSIS OF THE 



841. 34. A. Palida (the Bleekbock.) Adult male 

 twenty-two to twenty-four inches high, three feet five 

 inches long, very slender and light of form ; head square ; 

 nose pointed ; horns perfectly straight, inclining backwards, 

 round, with an obsolete ridge in front, about four inches 

 long, very pointed ; black naked ring round the eyes ; ears 

 broader and shorter than the former ; the tail near three 

 inches long; general colour pale rufous fawn-colour 

 above, and white beneath ; females redder in colour ; two 

 mammae. 



A. Palida, Lichtenstein. A. Diotragus, Afzelius. 

 Icon. Nobis male and female. 

 Habitat. The plains of Caffraria, rare. 



Sub-genus VIIL — Raphicerus. Animals of diminutive 



stature ; forehead narrow ; horns without wrinkles, dnnuli, 

 or stria, black, slender, round, very sharp, subvertical, only 

 known from the skulls. Asia. 



842. 35. * A. Acuticornis (Sharp-horned Antelope.) 

 Horns three inches long, round, smooth, black, and 

 pointed, about three-eighths of an inch in diameter at base, 

 slightly bent outwards and slightly forwards, the frontal 

 crest passing behind them, uniting with a broad parietal 

 bone, terminated by a square ridge. 



A. Acuticornis? Blainville. 



Icon. Blainville? Nobis from the Royal College of Sur- 

 geons, London, 



Habitat. The East Indies. 



843. 36. A. Subulata, Nob. (Awl-horned Antelope.) 

 Horns three-eighths of an inch in diameter, subvertical, 

 round, smooth, four inches and a half long, bending out- 

 wards in the middle, the points slightly inwards, one inch 

 two lines asunder at base, two inches in the middle, higher 



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