336 On an E.ctincl llavleheeste from E'jypl. 



rcL^ion. Horji-pedicle narrow^ witli hulging- IVontul snrf.ico 

 as ill major (tliat of lelwcl being flat), tlie frontal bones 

 curving laterally outwards to form a wide supraorbital ridge. 

 C'ranial region lone, its main axis forming a right angle 

 with the frontal plane, differing from both lelicel and major, 

 ill which the angle is obtuse. Surface of basisphenoid and 

 basioccipital very convex, as in major, with prominent bony 

 processes at their junction. 



Horns like caama in their general aspect, difTering from 

 major and resembling lelwel in the greater length from base 

 to the aiiffle, from which the end of the horn is reversed. 

 Viewed from in front they diverge evenly outwards for the 

 basal two-thirds of their length, then rather sharply inwards 

 as far as the iipj)er angle. The ends are bent backwards at 

 a right angle and inwards, so that the tips converge. Tiie 

 space inclosed is thus 9-sliaped, not U-sliaped as in major 

 or V-shaped as in lelwel. Viewed laterally they show a very 

 slightly concave curve from the base to the upper angle, 

 where they turn abruptly backwards at a right angle, and 

 are behind the frontal plane of the skull. In both lelwel and 

 major the horns at the upper angle are in advance of tiie 

 frontal plane. 



Ilah. Egypt. 



Tijpe. Adult imperfect skull, male. 15. M. no. 0. 6. f. 1, 

 from Abadiyeh, near Kena^ Egypt. Presented by the 

 Egypt Research Fund. 



Comparative measurements of upper portion of skulls of 

 JJuOalis Imhastis, lelioel, ami major in inches : — 



bubastis. lelwcl. major. 

 Length of horn-pedicle from 



crown to nasals 7"1 1 7*0 88 



"Width just below horns .... 4'b 5 00 



Centnif width 4-2 4-8 48 



Supraorbital width 6-14 5-5 5 9 



'I'liere are in the B.M. collection the upper portion of three 

 imperfect .skulls, with horns, of this liartidjeeste, two from 

 the Fayum and one from Abadiyeh in Upper Egypt, ob- 

 tained through the agency of Professor Flinders Petrie. 



They are all three so uniform in character, and differ .«!o 

 maikedly from both Lelwel and major (including buselap/nis), 

 as to deserve specific title. 



I\lr. Oldfield Thomas has written the following note on 

 the back of the label of the type-specimen : " From a tomb- 

 j)it of the \T. (.")00() B.C.) dynasty, re-used in the XVIII. 

 (loOO iJ.C), wilh other skulls of oxen, goat.s, dogs, &c." 



A visit to the British Museum at Bloonisbury was only 



