Dr. Horsfield on the Helarctos Euri/spilns* 221 



ately, attempted to relieve himself from the powerful constriction 

 by getting at the snake's head. But the serpent had so knotted 

 himself upon his own head, that Mr. Cop could not reach it, and 

 had thrown himself on the floor in order to grapple with a better 

 chance of success, when two other keepers coming in, broke the 

 teeth of the serpent, and, with some difficulty, relieved Mr. Cop 

 from the fate of Laocoon, which might otherwise have been his 

 portion. Two broken teeth were extracted from the thumb, 

 which soon healed ; and no inconvenience of any conseq[uence 

 was the result of this perilous adventure. 



Note. — Although it is quite unnecessary to add any attestation to the ac- 

 curacy of Mr. Broderip's interesting account, yet as that gentleman has par-- 

 ticularly requested me to do so, I beg to state that my own observations, and 

 they have not been unfrequent, have on every point been completely confir- 

 matory of those recorded in the preceding paper. T. B- 



Art. XXV. Description of the HELARCTOS EURY- 

 SPILUS ; exhibiting in the Bear from the Island of 

 Borneo J the type of a Subgenus of URSUS. By 

 Thomas Horsfield, M,D. KL. 4" G.S,, S^c. 



It will appear even to a superficial observer, that the animal 

 which in the following communication has been named Hel- 

 arctos euri/spilus^ and defined as the type of a subgenus of Tlrsus^ 

 is very nearly related to the Ursus Malayanus which was de- 

 scribed in the Zoological Researches in Java. The characters 

 which in my opinion mark it as a distinct species, will with more 

 propriety be detailed after the following description; but a few 

 introductory remarks are required, both regarding the scientific 

 history of the Malayan Bear and the occasion of the following 

 account of the Rear from Borneo. 



When about three years ago, I gave a concise description of 

 the Ursus Malai/anuSy as it is found in Sumatra, my chief object 

 was to bring before the public, at an early season, all the infor- 

 mation afForded by the materials which had been forwarded to 



