FROM TONKIN TO INDIA 



*Felis Lynx, var. Isabeli.ina {Blyth) ; i specimen. 

 Pteromvs Yunnaxensis (Anifers.) ; 4 specimens, of which one young one was 

 exactly similar to the adults. 



*Pteromvs Xaxthipes (A.-Af. Edw.) ; native name, Tattg-la ; 3 specimens. — This 

 species, described according to examples obtained at Tchely, was subsequently 

 met with at Setchuen. 



*SciiRU.s Pernvi {A.-M. Edw.); native name, T/io>ig-/i ; 4 specimens. 

 SciCRUS Maccleli.andi {Horsf.) : native name, Thong-tchra ; 2 specimens. 



*Mus Chevrieri {A.-A/. £du>.) ; native name, La-kha-thi-oua : 3 specimens. 



*Rhizo.mvs Vestitus (A.-M. Edw.); native name, Gni-ma-chi-oua; 3 specimens. — 

 By its large dimensions, and above all by the extreme shortness of its tail, 

 this species is very distinct from those of the same race in India and Indo- 

 China. 



*Lagomvs Tibetanus {A.-Af. Edw.) ; native name, Aoura ; i specimen. 



*Nemorhedus CIriseus (A.-Af. Edw.); 1 sjjecimen. — This young one scarcely 

 measured 2 ft. 6 in. from the nose to the root of the tail ; the head was 

 still undeveloped : the dark-brown dorsal line was more strongly marked 

 than in the adult, beginning on the forehead in a small lock of bristly hair, 

 and continuing unbroken by the nape of the neck and the spine to the tuft 

 at the end of the tail. 

 Nemorhedus Euwardsi (Dav.) ; 2 pairs of horns. 



*Budorcas Taxicola (ffodgs.) ; 2 pairs of horns. 

 MoscHUS MoscHiFEKUS (L.); I Specimen. 



*Cervli,us Lacrvmaxs {A.-Af. Ed-w.) ; i specimen. 



On a Gibbon of a New Species from Upfer Tonkin 



By E. DE PoU.«ARGUES 



Hyloi;ates Henrici (nov. spec). 



H. colore flavo ; supra pi/is ad basim inienso, apicem versus pallide flavescentibus 



cinereoque dilutissime tinctis ; infra pilis unicolorihus : pectore inferior e, 



(txil/is abdomineque e stramineo luteis : sed genis, mento, gula, cnllo inferiore 



pectoreque mammarum tenus splendide fulvis, rutilis, quasi auratis. Vertice, 



nucha colloque superiore mediis nigerrima notatis macula elongata, angusta, 



fusiforme, longiore ter quam latiore et abrupte circumcisa. 



Adult. Type, Lai-Chau, Tonkin, 1892. Prince Henry of Orleans. 



The Museum unfortunately only possesses one incomplete skin of this (iibbon, 



mutilated of its fore members from the wrist and of its hind members from the 



knee. One of the callosities as well as the genital and anal organs have also 



disappeared. The development of the breasts indicates a full-grown female. The 



following are the measurements : — 



Length of head and body from nose to callosities 



„ upper arrr. ........ 



fore aim . 



The prevailing tint of the coat is a glossy bright yellow varying in intensity in 

 different parts of the body from pale to golden. On the upper surface of the 

 head and trunk the hair is thick, long, and fleecy, merging from deep yellow at 

 the roots into a lighter slightly grisled shade towards the extremities. This grey 



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