APPENDIX

NEW SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES DISCOVERED DURING THE EXPEDITION

NEW SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF MAMMALS (OTHER THAN RUMINANTS)

Described by Messrs. Oldfield Thomas and Martin A. C. Hinton of the British Museum (Natural History). (The complete collection is fully described by Messrs. Thomas and Hinton in Novitates Zoologicæ, the Journal of the Tring Museum, vol. xxviii., pp. 1-13, 1921.)

Locality taken

Wild cat: Felis haussa sp. nov. Kano and Damagarim.

Caracal (Lynx): Caracal caracal poecilotis subsp. nov. Baguezan Mts.

Pale sand-coloured fox: Vulpes pallida harterti subsp. nov. Damergou and Aïr.

Silver-grey fox: Vulpes rüppelli cæsia subsp. nov. Aïr.

Striped weasel: Poecilictis rothschildi sp. nov. Kano.

Ground Squirrel: Euxerus erythropus agadius subsp. nov. Aïr.

Naked-soled gerbil: Taterillus gracilis angelus subsp. nov. Kano.

Nigerian hairy-soled gerbil: Gerbillus nigeriæ sp. nov. Kano and Damagarim.

Dwarf gerbil: Desmodilliscus buchanani sp. nov. Kano.

Fat-tailed mouse: Steatomys cuppedius sp. nov. Kano.

Giant rat: Cricetomys buchanani sp. nov. Kano.

Dwarf mouse: Leggada haussa sp. nov. Kano and Damagarim.

Spiney rock mouse: Acomys airensis sp. nov. Aïr.

Striped bush mouse: Lemniscomys olga sp. nov. Damergou.

Jerboa: Jaculus jaculus airensis subsp. nov. Damergou and Aïr.

Gundi: Massoutiera rothschildi sp. nov. Aïr.

Short-eared hare: Lepus canopus sp. nov. Kano.

Rock dassie: Procavia buchanani sp. nov. Aïr.

With regard to the entire collection of mammals (other than Ruminants), in which is contained the above species and subspecies which are new, the British Museum paper, in the foreword makes the following appreciative statements:

“Thanks to the kindness of Lord Rothschild we are now able to give a list of the complete collection made by Captain Buchanan, both of such further mammals as he obtained in the Kano region and of those which he got northwards to Aïr itself, which he explored most successfully.

As this is a country which has been hitherto entirely out of the ken of mammalogists, we were prepared to expect a considerable number of new forms to be discovered, but we certainly never expected that so very high a proportion of the species would be new. Indeed we believe it may safely be said that in the history of mammalogy no collection containing so high a proportion of novelties has ever come to Europe from a continental locality.

In all, the collection contains 36 species and subspecies, of which no less than 18 are new, 6 of these latter having been described in our previous paper. Considering the comparatively barren nature of the country, and the number of mammals usually found to occur in any given area, the capture of 36 forms indicates that Captain Buchanan has been highly successful in getting a full representation of the fauna of the districts he has worked in. . . .

“As already stated, the National Museum has to thank Lord Rothschild for a full set of the mammals dealt with, including all the types. The skins are all beautifully prepared, and Captain Buchanan is to be congratulated on the great value that his collection has proved to possess.”

NEW SUBSPECIES OF UNGULATE MAMMALS

Described by Lord Rothschild, F.R.S., Ph.D. (The complete collection of Ungulate Mammals is fully described by Lord Rothschild in Novitates Zoologicæ, the Journal of the Tring Museum, vol. xxviii., pp. 75-77, 1921.)

Locality taken

Arui, Udad, or Barbary sheep: Ammotragus lervia angusi subsp. nov. (Largest head collected: right horn 21 in. over curve; left horn 20⁸⁄₁₀ in.) Aïr.

Dama gazelle: Gazella dama damergouensis subsp. nov. (Largest head collected: length of horns 5⁶⁄₁₀ ins.) Damergou.

NEW SUBSPECIES OF BIRDS

Described by Dr. Ernst Hartert, Director of Tring Museum. (The complete collection of Birds is fully described by Dr. Hartert in Novitates Zoologicæ, vol. xxviii., pp. 78-141, 1921.)

Locality taken

Subsaharan striped kingfisher: Halcyon chelicuti eremogiton subsp. nov. Kano and Damagarim.

Straight-billed wood-hoopoe: Scoptelus aterrimus cryptostictus subsp. nov. Aïr.

Golden goatsucker: Caprimulgus eximus simplicior subsp. nov. Damagarim and Damergou.

Sand martin: Riparia obsoleta buchanani subsp. nov. Aïr.

Sombre rock-chat: Cercomela melanura airensis subsp. nov. Aïr.

Northern ant-eating wheatear[11]: Myrmecocichla æthiops buchanani subsp. nov. Kano, Damagarim, and Damergou.

Saharan bush-babbler: Crateropus fulvus buchanani subsp. nov. Aïr.

Grey bush-babbler: Crateropus plebejus anomalus subsp. nov. Kano.

Long-tailed sunbird: Nectarinia pulchella ægra subsp. nov. Kano, Damagarim, and Aïr.

Crested shrike: Prionops plumatus haussarum subsp. nov. Kano.

Asben brown pipit[11]: Anthus sordidus asbenaicus subsp. nov. Aïr.

Dunn’s desert lark: “Calendula” dunni pallidor subsp. nov. Damergou.

Small rock sparrow: Petronia dentata buchanani subsp. nov. Damagarim.

Pencil-crowned weaver-bird: Sporopipes frontalis pallidior subsp. nov. Damagarim and Damergou.

Dr. Hartert, in his most interesting foreword to his paper (which deals extensively with the zoo-geographical history of the Sahara and the important information which the Expedition has brought to light in that connection), states two facts which have a particular bearing on the value of the collection of birds:

“Zoologically Aïr remained absolutely unknown until Buchanan’s expedition. It was with great satisfaction to myself that Lord Rothschild fell in with my ideas about it, with his usual zeal and interest in all scientific exploration, and that Captain Buchanan accepted the offer to make a collecting trip to Aïr for the Tring Museum. The exploration of that country has been in my mind since 1886. . . . It was one of my many unfulfilled dreams of life to visit Asben myself, but I have never given up hope one day to see natural history specimens from there. . . .

“Captain Buchanan obtained skins of 168 species. In a country which, to a great extent, is desert and therefore poor in animal life, and considering that he also collected as many Lepidoptera and mammalia as possible, this is a very fine collection.”

NEW SPECIES AND SUBSPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS

Described by Lord Rothschild, F.R.S., Ph.D. (The complete collection is fully described by Lord Rothschild in Novitates Zoologicæ.)

BUTTERFLIES

Locality taken

Teracolus amelia f. arid. insignis f. nov. Kano.

Teracolus celimene angusi subsp. nov. Damagarim.

Teracolus liagore f. pluv. liagoroides f. nov. Aïr.

Eronia bugueti buchanani subsp. nov. Damergou.

Terias flavicola f. arid. parva f. nov. Kano.

Vivachola livia pallescens subsp. nov. Damagarim and Aïr.

Spindasis buchanani sp. nov. Kano and Damagarim.

MOTHS

Aegocera brevivitta rectilineoides subsp. nov. Damergou.

Timora buchanani sp. nov. Aïr.

Timora terracottoides sp. nov. Damagarim.

Adisura affinis sp. nov. Damagarim.

Eublemma dissoluta sp. nov. Damagarim.

Eublemma bipartita sp. nov. Damergou.

Eublemma perkea sp. nov. Damagarim.

Eublemma pseudonoctna sp. nov. Damagarim.

Ozarba damagarima sp. nov. Damagarim, Damergou, and Aïr.

Pseudozarba abbreviata sp. nov. Aïr.

Pseudozarba bella sp. nov. Aïr.

Enlocastra sahariensis sp. nov. Damagarim.

Enlocastra pseudozarboides sp. nov. Aïr.

Tarache buchanani sp. nov. Damergou and Aïr.

Tarache asbenensis sp. nov. Aïr.

Crypsotidia griseola sp. nov. Damagarim.

Crypsotidia parva sp. nov. Kano.

Grammodes buchanani sp. nov. Damagarim.

Parachalciope mixta sp. nov. Locality not noted.

Raphia buchanani sp. nov. Kano.

Rhynchina sahariensis sp. nov. Damagarim, Damergou, and Aïr.

Rhynchina buchanani sp. nov. Aïr.

Hypena sordida sp. nov. Damagarim.

Casama griseola sp. nov. Damagarim and Damergou.

Acidaliastis micra dissimilis ab. saturata ab. nov. Aïr.

Tephrina quadriplaga sp. nov. Damergou.

Paropta buchanani sp. nov. Aïr.

Anadiasa sahariensis sp. nov. Aïr.

Pachypasa concolor sp. nov. Aïr.

Miresa coccinea intensior subsp. nov. Damagarim.

Ommatopteryx hampsoni sp. nov. Aïr.

Ommatopteryx asbenicola sp. nov. Aïr.

Surattha albostigmata sp. nov. Aïr.

Heterographis medioalba sp. nov. Damergou.

Heterographis airensis sp. nov. Aïr.

Heterographis eximia sp. nov. Aïr.

Heterographis sahariensis sp. nov. Damagarim and Aïr.

Heterographis cretaceogrisea sp. nov. Damagarim, Damergou, and Aïr.

Homœosoma straminea sp. nov. Damagarim.

Homœosoma basalis sp. nov. Aïr.

Homœosoma asbenicola sp. nov. Aïr.

Brephia inconspicua sp. nov. Aïr.

Brephia gracilis sp. nov. Aïr.

Crocidomera intensifasciata sp. nov. Aïr.

Pogononeura buchanani sp. nov. Aïr.

Anerastia aurantiaca sp. nov. Aïr.

Pterothrix damergouensis sp. nov. Damergou.

Crocolia africana sp. nov. Damergou and Aïr.

Pyralis soudanesis sp. nov. Damagarim, Damergou, and Aïr.

Tyndis umbrosus sp. nov. Aïr.

Bostra asbenicola sp. nov. Aïr.

Dattima buchanani sp. nov. Aïr.

Dattima dubiosa sp. nov. Aïr.

Marasmia hampsoni sp. nov. Kano.

Loxostege damergouensis sp. nov. Damergou.

Cybolomia azzalana sp. nov. Aïr.

Cybolomia ledereri sp. nov. Damergou.

Cybolomia fenestrata sp. nov Aïr.

Metasia angustipennis sp. nov. Damagarim.

Metasia parallelalis sp. nov. Damagarim.

Tegostoma camparalis sahariensis subsp. nov. Damergou and Aïr.

(Large-size) MAP OF THE AUTHOR’S ROUTE