SYNOPSIS OF THE 



female about sixteen inches high, more slender in form 

 than the last ; ears longer ; forehead square ; nose more 

 prolonged and pointed ; a round muzzle ; black spot be- 

 neath the eye, and on the cheek a puncture opening into 

 the lower pouch; forehead and nose dark, a streak above 

 the eyes resembling eyebrows; neck, back, and croup, 

 dark-brown dun ; beneath white ; mammae four yellowish, 

 forming an udder ; tail two inches long, black. 



A. Maxwellii, Nobis MS. 



Icon. Nobis. 



Habitat. Sierra Leone. 



853. 46. A. Ccerula, Nob. (Slate-coloured Ant.) Adult 

 male about thirteen inches at the shoulder, twenty-eight 

 inches from nose to tail ; head rather long, pointed, with 

 small muzzle; no lachrymary opening, but suborbital 

 pouch lower down, marked by a lengthened streak ; horns 

 one inch and a quarter long, recumbent tips turned up- 

 wards, black, pointed, with five semi-annuli ; nearly con- 

 cealed in the hair of the forehead ; ears short, round, open ; 

 general colour slaty purplish-blue, beneath white ; pasterns 

 short, and legs buff; hoofs horn colour. 



Blauwbockje, of the Dutch Colonists. A. Caerula, Nobis 

 MS. 



Icon. DanielVs Scenery of Southern Africa. Nobis male 

 and female. 



Habitat. Caffraria. 



854. 47. * A. Perpusilla, Nob. (the Kleenebock.) 

 Male about twenty-six inches long, twelve inches high; 

 head shorter ; forehead more elevated than the preceding ; 

 a suborbital sack as before ; no lachrymary sinus ; ears 

 short and round ; horns black, conical, slender, reclined, 

 slightly turned inwards, nearly two inches long ; incisor 



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