Dr. J. E. Gray on the Guemul. 217 



adding, " In inaccessis montium Andium. Num generis 

 Lama?" The universal reference to the animal being an in- 

 habitant of Chili misled me until I consulted the original 

 work. 



HUAMELA. 



Head elongate; ears acute. Horns nearly erect, simple, 

 rather converging together at the tip, with a well-developed 

 subbasal anterior branch ; beam tapering to a point ; the front 

 of the right horn is keeled ; and rather below the middle there 

 is a compressed tubercle, probably indicating a branch in the 

 adult state ; but there is no appearance of this on the other 

 horn. Fur very close, thick, formed of quills like those of the 

 roebuck and the Peruvian deer. 



Skull with the intermaxillary bones broad, and extending 

 up to and terminating with a truncated end on the sides of the 

 nasal bones, which are ^broad, with parallel sides for two thirds 

 their length, and truncated at the front end. Lachrymal pit 

 elongate, triangular, very deep, with a rounded bottom at the 

 hinder end, quite close to the front edge of the orbit. The 

 horns with a well-developed rugose burr, with many irregular 

 tubercles round the base. The subbasal front branches are 

 placed some distance above the base, the one on the right horn 

 being the smallest, and projecting straight forwards, with den- 

 ticles on its surface ; tlie branch on the left horn is much 

 higher up from the base, longer, and ascending at a rather 

 acute angle, and smaller at the tip. Length of the skull, from 

 nose to condyles, 11 ^ inches; width at back edge of orbits, 

 which is the widest part, 5| inches. 



Lower jaw very slender, with a straight lower edge not 

 more than an inch broad in the widest part, narrower in front, 

 and becoming wider behind the middle, with a sinuous margin 

 and a thin rounded angle. The part in front of the grinders 

 much produced, about double the length of the symphysis. 



Tail short and bushy, coloured like the back above, and 

 whitish beneath. The line from the anus to the groin is white, 

 and the upper part of the inside of the thighs is pale ; the rest 

 of the underside is considerably darker than the back. The 

 inside of the legs is coloured like the rest of the back, perhaps 

 a little lighter ; there is a well-developed pencil of rigid hair, 

 which is of a dark colour. No indication of any glands on the 

 outside of tlie legs. 



The false hoofs are surrounded Avith rather longer darker 

 hair. The lips are blackish, with two small white spots on 

 the upper lip, and a narrow white edge on the under one. 



To correct the synonyma, it is better to give the following 

 revision of them : — 



