196 Canon A. M. Norman on British Amphipoda. 



as the Moscow specimen. Its resemblance to the latter is 

 especially shown by the remarkably short and thick neck, as 

 well as by the pelage being ashy grey at all seasons. Assu- 

 ming this reference to be correct, we have the reputed place 

 of origin of the Moscow specimen confirmed, and thus 

 evidence that a shou-like deer inhabits the Turkestan 

 district, part of which was included in the old kingdom of 

 Bactria. 



Although our information with regard to the shou is very 

 imperfect, yet it appears to have tawny-coloured hair during 

 at least a portion of the year, and its antlers have five tines, 

 whereas those of the Moscow specimen have normally but 

 four, owing to the absence of the bez-tine *. Apart from 

 this, it is altogether unlikely that the range of the shou should 

 extend from the neighbourhood of Bhutan to Turkestan, 

 especially since it is unknown in the intermediate area. 



Accordingly all the evidence seems to point to the specific 

 (or subspecific) distinctness of the Turkestan deer, which I 

 propose to call Cervus bactrianus, the pair of shed antlers at 

 Woburn Abbey forming the type. 



The species may be defined as allied in the general form of 

 its antlers to C. affinis, but the size apparently smaller, the 

 colour of the coat ashy grey at all seasons, and the antlers 

 normally with but four tines on each side, the bez-tine being 

 missing. Another feature is the shortness and breadth of the 

 e ad and neck. 



When the Tashkend specimen at Woburn develops its new 

 antlers, I hope to give a further notice of the species. 



XXIV. — British Amphipoda: Fam. Lysianassidse {concluded). 

 By Canon Norman, M.A., D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. 



[Plate VI.] 



Fam. II. Lysianassidae (continued from p. 144). 



Genus 7. Sophrosyne, Stebbing. 

 (Report ' Challenger ' Amphipoda, p. 652.) 



25. Sophrosyne Rohertsom, Stebbing & Robertson. 



1890. Sophrosyne Rolertsoni, Stebbing & Robertson, " Four new British 

 Amphipoda," Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii. p. 31, pi. v, a. 



Hah. The Clyde {D. li.) ; Upper Loch Fyne (/. Murray) ; 

 Loch Fyne {T. S.). 



* In the pair at Woburn there are five tines on the left side, appa- 

 rently due to abnormal development, the terminal fork being smaller on 

 this "side than on the other. 



