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had been obtained by Mr. Eriksson in Damaraland, and handed it over to 
Dr. Giinther for determination. Dr. Giinther described it, at a meeting of the 
Zoological Society of London in January 1880, as belonging to a new species, 
which he proposed to call “ damarensis” after its locality. Dr. Ginther 
Fig. 28. 
Fore part of skull of Madoqua damarensis; side view (reduced). 
(P.Z.8. 1880, p. 21.) 
Fig. 28a. Fig. 28 ¢. 
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Fig. 28 a. Upper view of snout of M. damarensis. 
Fig. 28 6. Lower view of snout of M/. damarensis. 
Fig. 28 ¢c. Lower view of snout of I. saltiana. 
(P. Z.8. 1880, p. 21.) 
Fig. 28 d. Fig. 28 ¢. 
Fig. 28d. Posterior mandibulary molar of M. saltiana. 
Fig. 28 e. Posterior mandibulary molar of M. damarensis. 
(P. Z. 8. 1880, p. 22.) 
pointed out that externally the new species resembled the Abyssinian 
M. saltiana very nearly, but was unmistakably different in cranial characters, 
which he described as follows :—*< As in W/. saltiana, the intermaxillary and 
lacrymal bones form a suture together. But the lateral branches of the 
