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black, except near the head, where the margin is white when viewed 
under alens. Length about 2 lines. Motion active. 
From the bodies of some individuals I have pressed about twenty 
round, reddish-brown, capsulated ova. It will be seen, by a refer- 
ence to Dr. Johnston’s ‘ Catalogue’ (p. 16), that this species bears a 
great resemblance to the T. (Planaria) prasina of Sir John Dalyell, 
and differs almost solely in colour. I remain, Gentlemen, 
Your obedient Servant, 
W. Hoveuton. 
Megaceros hibernicus in the Cambridgeshire Fens. 
To the Editors of the Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 
GENTLEMEN,—In reply to Mr. H. G. Seeley’s letter in the 
‘Annals’ for August 1867, on the Irish Elk, I beg to’ remark that 
I was acquainted with the passage in Prof. Owen’s ‘ British Fossil 
Mammals’ to which Mr. Seeley alludes; but, as the bone to which 
my note referred was found in Cambridgeshire, and as Megaceros 
hibernicus is not common in the Fens, I supposed that its occurrence 
was worth recording. I am, Gentlemen, 
Your obedient Servant, 
Dublin, Aug. 26, 1867. NorMAN Moore. 
Note on Ursus lasiotus, a hairy-eared Bear from North China. 
By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &e. 
The Zoological Society has recently received a bear from North 
China. It belongs to the same group as the European bear (Ursus 
arctos), the Grisly Bear (U. feror), and the Japanese bear, having 
a broad head rounded above behind, a moderate broad nose, and 
prominent ears. : 
It differs from these species in having the ears covered externally 
and, especially, internally with long soft hairs, those on the in- 
side forming a tuft that nearly fills up and projects beyond the 
eavity of the ear. The fur is longer than in the European and 
Japanese bear at the same seasons; and there is a large tuft of 
longer hair on the back part of the throat, which is bent forwards 
at the tips. It is nearly as black as the Japanese bear; but it has 
a brownish nose and no indications of the angular mark on the 
chest usually found in that species, and it is of a larger size. 
These peculiarities induce me to believe that the Chinese hairy- 
eared bear is a distinct species, for which I propose the name of 
Ursus lasiotus. When we have an opportunity of examining the 
skin and bones more particularly, I expect that more important 
specific characters will be observed. It is very distinct from the 
Syrian or Isabella bear of the mountains of Asia, which has a long 
narrow head. 
Mr. Bartlett believed that it was a distinct species as soon as he 
saw it on board the ship. It is probably the bear that the Chinese 
lead about and teach to tumble, as shown in Chinese pictures, and as 
the “ bear-leaders”’ in my childhood’s days used to exhibit in London 
the European brown bear. 
