288 ORDER VIII. 



THE BOVIO&. 



AND passing the genera Catollepas* and 

 for which we refer to Vol. XIX. p. 180, arid 

 sequence. It may be remarked, that of this family 

 are found abundant fossil remains, in general of 

 larger stature that the present : they consist chiefly 

 of Bos urus, Bos bison, &c. accompanying the debris 

 of Mastodons, Elephants, Rhinoceroses, Tapirs, and 

 Cervidae. 



The Bovidae Proper, having since Baron Cuvier 

 wrote, undergone considerable investigation, we 

 think cannot again be strictly divided into three 

 sub-genera, there being intermediate forms of skull 

 sufficiently important, as it would seem, to consti- 

 tute at least a fourth. Mr. Hodgson, in a detailed 

 paper on this subject, has furnished diagnostics for 

 the addition of one, but it is palpable that in his 

 position, he was not sufficiently conversant with 

 species that are not inhabitants of the high central 

 mountain chain of Asia ; therefore, we regret, that 

 the extensive collection of materials on Ruminantia, 

 made by Mr. Blyth before his departure for India, 

 remains for the present unpublished. The Sub- 

 genera, such as we present them by their consimi- 



* From the contents of a letter from Mr. Blyth, Proceedings 

 ofZool. Soc., IQtk Aug., 1842, it is evident that Bos pegasus of 

 Griffiths' Cuvier is another Catollepas. 



