2-1 c ) 



104 URSINE. MELTTRSTTS. 



*b. Skull. Syria. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 

 c. Skull : female. "1 



<7. Skull : male. I Cashmere. From Lieut. Abbott's Collection. 

 e. Skull : young. J 



/. Skull. Kasmir. Presented by Professor Oldham. 

 g. Skeleton : male. Syria. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 

 h. Front of lower jaw, with a small piece of skin attached. Thibet. 

 Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



HELARCTOS. 

 Teeth :— Incisors ?=§ ; Canines l f\ ; Premolars £| ; Molars £2 ; = 42. 



The Thibet Bear. Helarctos tibetanus. 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 5 



Caudal 9 



a. Skull of female twenty months old. ^ 



6, C d Three skulls, of different ages. L # p resen ted byB. H. 



e. Skull ot a just-born specimen. )> {, , v J 



f. Skull: adult -Hodgson, Jisq. 



)/, h. Skulls. J 



i. Skull : young. Darjeeling. Presented by Professor Oldham. — 



" Ursus (Mndaieus) arboreus" Oldham. 

 j. Skeleton : female. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The Bruang. Helarctos malayanus. 



Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Ursus, pi. 8 (skull), pi. 12 (dentition). — Cuv., 

 Oss. Foss. iv. pp. 324, 380. pi. 23. 



a. Skeleton. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The Borne an Bruang. Helarctos euryspilus. 



a. Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



b. Skull. Sarawak, Borneo. From Mr. Wallace's Collection. 



c. Skull : half-grown. 



MELTJRSUS. 

 The Aswail. Melursus lybius. 



Ursus labiatus, Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Ursus, pi. 8 (skull), pi. 12 (teeth). 

 — Cuv., Oss. Foss. iv. p. 322. pi. 23. figs. 3 & 4 (skulls). 



Cervical vertebra: 7 



Dorsal 15 



