I^fr. O. Tliomas nn a new Goaf. 305 



L. (olm, having notliing of the peculiarly flat elonc^ated 

 muzzle and narrow pointed nasals of that species, and need 

 not be further compared with it. It is characterized by a 

 short, broad, and heavy muzzle, an arched and vaulted nasal 

 region, and a rather narrow interorbital space (see measure- 

 ments below). In some ways its nearest counterpart is that 

 of my Lepits coreanus * ; 1 ut that has less arched, shorter and 

 (anteriorly) broader nasals, and a much broader interorbital 

 space. 



Measurements of the type, an adult skin : — 



Head and body (c.) 500 millim. ; tail without tuft 75 ; ears 

 (contracted) 83; hind feet 110. 



Skull : tip of nasals to lambda (back of parietal suture) 83 ; 

 greatest breadth 40; nasals, length in middle line 32*5, 

 greatest length o9'6 ; breadth anteriorly 14, posteriorly 19*5 ; 

 interorbital breadth 17*7; intertemporal breadth 13*4 ; distance 

 from postorbital notch to tip of nasals 55 ; height of nasal 

 region, from palatal bridge to nasion, 24 ; diastema 25*3 ; 

 length of palatine foramina 23*5, combined breadth of ditto 

 11; least breadth of palatal bridge 6*2; breadth of posterior 

 nares opposite 5i:J? 9"5 : lower jaw, back of condylar process 

 to front of bone between incisors 66'6 ; lower diastema 18*7. 



Ilab. Chefoo, N. China. Coll. R. Swinhoe, Dec. 1866. 



From L. manchuri'cus, Radde, as from L. sinensis and 

 L. coreanus, this species is readily distinguishable by its long 

 black and white tail, while its differential characters from 

 L. tolai have been sufficiently noted above. 



XLI. — Preliminary Description of a new Goat of the Genus 

 Hemitragus, from South-eastern Arabia. By Oldfield 

 Thomas. 



Hemitragus Jayakari, sp. n. 



Much smaller than H.jemlaicus or hylocrius. Fur harsh and 

 shaggy, much elongated on the nape and withers, and also 

 lengthened below the angle of the lower jaw and on the upper 

 arms and thighs, the hairs on these two latter places hanging 

 down so as to form a sort of ruff round the arms and legs. 

 Hairs of upper surface from nose to tail directed backwards, 

 not reversed forwards on nape as in the Thar. 



General colour of body a pale sandy or brownish white, 



* Leims sine>isis coreanus, Thos. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (6) ix. p. 146 

 (1892). 



