30 CATALOGUE OF UNGULATES 



hind-leg ; white area on hind-quarters restricted to posterior 

 aspect of buttocks and thighs. 



No example in the collection. 



The following names have been applied to representa- 

 tives of this group from French Indo-China (Tonkin, 

 Annam, etc.) : — 



Gaiiribos laosiensis, Hcude, Mem. Hist. Nat EmjJ. Chin. vol. v, pt. 1, 



p. 3, 1901. Laos, Tonkin. 

 Gauribos brachyrhiniis, Hcude, op. cit. p. 4. Cambodia, characterised 



by shortness of nasals. 

 Gauribos sylvanus, Heude, loc. cit. Mois, Tonkin. Described from 



skull and horns. 



Gauribos mekongensis, Hcitdc, ojy. cit. p. 5. Kratie, Mekon Valley. 



Uribos platyceros, Heude, loc. cit. Range dividing Tourane Bay 

 from the rivers of Hue. 



Bubalibos annamiticus, Heude, oj). cit. p. 6. Annam. Balls black, 



with bright brown frontal patch. 

 Bos (?) leptoceros, Heude, loc. cit. Kampot, on the coast of the Gulf 



of Siam. 

 Bibos discolor, Heude, op. cit. p. 8. No locality. Old bulls blackish 



grey, with a whitish area suffused with red on forehead. 



Bibos longicornis, Heude, op. cit. p. 9. No locality. Described, like 

 next, from skull and horns. 



Bibos (?) fusicornis, Heude, loc. cit. Tonkin. 



3. Subgenus POEPHAGUS. 



Poephagus, Gray, List. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 153, 1843, Cat. TJngu- 

 lata Brit. Mus. p. 39, 1852. 



Horns more or less nearly circular in section, widely 

 separated, on a ridge placed below the extreme vertex of the 

 skull, so that the summit of the crest of the occiput is 

 visible from the front. Forehead short, wide, and slightly 

 convex, with a short interval between base of horn-core and 

 orbit. Tail reachins^ about to hocks. Withers elevated. A 

 frint^e of loner hair exteudinf^ from chin and throat alon^ij the 

 lower part of flanks and belly ; tail long-haired throughout. 



Fourteen pairs of ribs ; neural spine of seventh cervical 

 vertebra tall ; spines of dorsals very tall, descending rapidly 

 /and suddenly to the lumbars. 



Eestricted to Tibet and the adjacent districts of China. 



