504 ME. O. THOMAS ON MAMMALS FROM JHTASALAN"!). [Maj 16, 



be certain as to whether tlie absence of the black stripe is due to 

 old at^e (as said by yinith), youth (as said by Wagner}, season, or 

 locality. 



22. Mtoscalops argekteo-cixeeeus, Pet. 

 a-j. 10 ad. & iinm. sks. Zomba. 10/92. 



23. POTAMOCHCEEUS LAEVATUS, F. CuV. 



a. Ad. sk. & skull. Zomba. 



h, c. 2 yg. sks. Zomba. 11/92. 



24. BUBALIS LICniEXSTEIXI, Pet. 



a. Ad. sk. &j skull. Zomba. 



This specimen, equally with that mentioned in the previous 

 paper (p. 553), has the whitish rump referred to by Dr. Matschie 

 as characteristic of his B. leucoprymnus ^ Since both individuals 

 were obtained, however, at quite a short distance from the typical 

 localities (Tette and Sena on the Zambesi) of Peters's species, there 

 can be no doubt that they represent the true lichtensteini. What- 

 ever therefore may be the differences in the horns between " lich- 

 tensteini " and " Jeucoprymnus" it is clear that the whiteness of the 

 rump in the northern form cannot be used as a distinguishing 

 character, 



25. Oeeas caxxa, H. Sm. 

 a. Ad. skull. $ . Zomba. 



26. HippoTHAGrs NiGEE, Harr. 

 «, h. 2 ad. skulls. Zomba. 



27. Teagelaphus scriptus roualetni, Gord.-C'umm. 

 a-f. 6 skins. Zomba. 



These specimens belong clearly to the Lower Zambesi form, 

 their white markings, although very variable, being far less developed 

 than in the Chobe Eiver Bush-buck, assigned in 1891 to the 

 true 2\ scrij^tus tijjjicus. Pall.' 



28. jVTAXOTEAGrs scoPAEius, Schr. 

 o. Ad. sk. (S . Zomba. 



29. CoBrS ELLIPSIPETMNUS. 



a-d. 4 skulls. Zomba. 



30. CEPIIALOLOPHrS GBIMMIUS, L. 



a. Ad. sk. & skidl. Zomba. 



1 SB. Ges. nat. Fr. 1892, p. 137. 



2 P. Z. S. 1891, p. 380. 



