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Show 216 MR. it. L Y D E K K E R ON T H E [Feb. 2, unfortunate circumstance that the type specimens of both tippelskirchi and schillingsi have never hitherto been figured. Had thrs been done in the first instance, much trouble and confusion would have been saved. The type of tipj?elskircki is a young female skin (text-fig. 28, p. 214) brought to Berlin by Mr. Tippelskirch from Lake Eyassi. It is characterised by the dark forehead, olive-coloured and spotted legs, and tlxe vex-y narrow and serrated white lines dividing the spots-the latter feature being evidently due to immaturity. Text fig. 30. Hinder portion of skin of specimen shown in preceding figure. A somewhat older skin, bx-ought by Mr. Ramsay fx-om German East Afx-ica, was regax-ded by Dr. Matschie as closely allied, but, owing to the lowex- part of the legs being white, was not definitely assigned to this form. On the other hand, the tvpe of schillingsi is an adult female skin (text-figs. 29 & 30) obtained by Mr. Schillings from the |
