On some External Characters oj the Bears. :'>7f> 



middle of the anterior third of the tongue. Head longer 

 than broad, moderately depressed ; snout obtusely pointed, 

 strongly projecting beyond the mouth, as long as the eye ; 

 can thus rostral is sharp ; loreal region feebly oblique, deeply 



concave ; nostril a little nearer the tip of the snout than the 

 eye ; interorbital space as broad as or a little broader than 

 the upper eyelid; tympanum moderately distinct, not quite ^ 

 the diameter of the eye. Fingers rather slender, the tips 

 dilated into very large discs which are broader than long ; 

 first finger longer than the second ; subarticular tubercles 

 small, feebly prominent. Toes rather short, the fourth not 

 much longer than the fifth, with discs similar to those of the 

 fingers but smaller, fully webbed, the web feebly notched and 

 involving the base of the discs ; no tarsal fold ; inner meta- 

 tarsal tubercle oval, flat, £ the length of the inner toe; no 

 outer tubercle. Ti bio- tarsal articulation reaching between 

 the eye and the nostril ; tibia 4 to 4£ times as long as broad, 

 twice, or slightly less than twice, in length from snout to 

 vent, shorter than the fore limb, longer than the foot. Skin 

 feebly granulate above, with flat glandules on the sides, of 

 belly smooth or feebly granulate. Dark brown above and on 

 the sides, including the upper lip, with a few very indistinct 

 lighter vermicular markings on the head and back ; limbs 

 without or with rather ill-defined dark cross-bands; hinder 

 side of thighs dark brown, with small yellow spots or vermi- 

 cular markings; web between the toes blackish ; lower parts 

 white, throat brown or spotted with brown. 



From snout to vent 42 mm. 



This species is proposed for two female specimens, the 

 larger from Mt. Kina Balu, North Borneo, altitude 4200 feet, 

 received from Dr. R. Hanitsch in 1899, the smaller from 

 Mt. Batu Song, Sarawak, 1000 feet, received from Dr. C. Hose 

 in 1892. 



XLVf. — Further Notes on some External Characters of the 

 Bears (Ursidse). By R. I. Pocock, F.R.S. 



Introduction. 



In 1914 (Proc. Zool. Soc. pp. 929-941) I described the feet 

 and rhinaria of certain species of Ursidae, and on the strength 

 of the characters observed admitted the following genera of 

 this family : Melursus for ursinus, Helarctos for mulayunus, 

 Tremarctos for thibetanus and omatus, Ursus for arctos, 

 horribilis, americanus, and their allies, and Thalarctos for 



