332 Miscellaneous. 



The male, which he calls " Oieidos," is evidently the same animal 

 as I described (from specimens Avhich he had previously collected) 

 as Xenelaphus chilensis (Ann, & Mag. Kat. Hist. 1873, xii. p. 161), 

 and as the male of the yoimg animal which MM. Gay and Gervais had 

 described in the 'Ann. Sei. Nat.' 1846, p. 21, and figiired with the 

 skull in the Atlas to Gay's 'Chili.' They live in large troops. 



Mr. AMiitely's specimen shows that the horns of the animal which 

 I described as Xenelaphus are probably a malformation both in form 

 and surface ; for they were covered with beads, whereas the horns of 

 the specimen just received have a simple, subulate, slightly grooved 

 beam 9 inches long, with a brow-antler of the same form 6 inches 

 long, curved upwards and inwards at the tip. 



The colouring of the face and shape of the horns of Mr. Whitely's 

 specimen agree with the figure of Cervus antisiensis given in the 

 'Atlas ' to D'Orbigny's ' Voyage dans I'Amerique meridionale,' t. xx., 

 pubHshed in 1847. The skull of this animal does not seem to have 

 been observed ; but it probably represents the same species as Cervus 

 chilensis of Gay and Gervais. 



As the geims, Furcifer of Sundevallwas established for the Cervus 

 antisiensis of D'Orbigny, and restricted by me to the guemul, it 

 will have the priority and take the place of the genus Xenelaphus, 

 established on an animal that probably has anomalous horns. 



MM. Gay and Gervais published the account of Cervus chilensis in 

 1 846 ; and Gay afterwards figured the skull, which leaves no doubt 

 about the identity of the species. Their specific name will have 

 priorit}', and the animal will have to be called Furcifer chilensis. 



The female specimen, which is named " Yeuados," is much smaller 

 and has a softer fur ; they live always in pairs, and never mix 

 with the Oieidos. It has the general colouring of the " Oieidos " 

 {Furcifer chilensis), but the top of the face is blackish. This speci- 

 men is accompanied by its skull, and is evidently the same species 

 as the skuU of a female obtained from Mr. Whitely in 1873 from 

 Peru, which is figured in the ' Hand-list of Euminants,' t. xxxv, 

 fig. 2, and as the skull of a male with deformed horns, received from 

 the Zoological Society under the name of Cervus antisiensis, and 

 figured in the 'Hand-list,' t. xxxv. fig. 1, — both as Furcifer anti- 

 siensis. These skulls differ from Xenelaphus chilensis and Huamela 

 leucotis in having only a small shallow tear-pit, whereas those 

 animals have a large deep one. 



There is no doubt that the " Yenados " of Peru is quite distinct 

 from all the other South-American deer or skulls of deer that we 

 have in the Museum. The skuUs agree with those of Coassus in the 

 small size of the tear-pit ; but I do not venture to decide to 

 what genus the only male skull that we have with deformed hiTrns 

 is to be referred, but will denominate it Cervus (Coassus) peruvi- 

 anus, distinguished from all the other species of Coassus by its large 

 size, of which Furcifer antisiensis, Gray (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 1873, xii. p, 162, Hand-list of Ruminants, t. xxxv. figs. 1 & 2), will 

 be a synonym. It is quite distinct from the Coassus IVhiielyi, Gray 

 (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1873, xii. p, 163, Hand-list of Ruminants, 

 t. xxxii, fig. 2), also from Peru. 



