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ment of a jaw belonging to this animal, whicli, together 

 with several other specimens found in Perim, had been 

 presented to the British Museum by Miss Pepper. He 

 instituted a comparison between these and corresponding- 

 portions of the Dinotherium giganteum of Kaup, and 

 arrived at the conclusion that they were specifically dis- 

 tinct, and that the Perim one was larger than the gigan- 

 teum and more closely allied to the mastodons. He has 

 designated it DeinofJierium Indicum. 



Remains of two species of mastodon have, I believe, 

 been recognised in the fossil fauna of Perim, one entirely 

 peculiar to the locality — Mastodon Perimensis — the other^ 

 Mastodon latidens. Various parts of the hippopotamus 

 have been discovered, but whether of the hexaprotodon 

 or tetraprotodon it is impossible to say, and no distinct 

 species has as yet been established. A separate form of 

 rhinoceros has been detected, to which the specific title 

 of Perimensis has been given by Falconer and Cautley. 

 Remains of Sus hysudricus and of the hippotherium have 

 also been discovered. 



Among the ruminantia there is a very remarkable and 

 interesting genus, which has been found in no other 

 place. In form and appearance it must have approached 

 most nearly to th.e~ Sivatherium — it also seems to have 

 been allied to the giraffe. Major Fulljames sent home 

 teeth and fragments of the jaws in the collection which 

 he presented to the Geological Society. They Avere ex- 

 amined by Dr. Falconer, who at once recognized their 

 generic distinctness, and applied to them the title of 

 Bramatherium, thereby marking its relationship to the 

 great Sivatherium of the Sivalik Hills. 



Camelopardalis Sivalensis has been placed by Dr. Falconer, 

 too, on the list of the fossil Faima of Perim, Several 

 species of antelope and bos have been discovered and 

 established. Among the Reptilia we find that gigantic 



