44 MR. P. L. SCLATER ON CERVUS CHILENSIS. _[Feb. 2, 
coutinuous to the aperture, and in the second being much longer, as 
well as in the lengthened form of the second palatal plica; outwardly 
in the raised high form of the apertural parietal ridge. There are 
two specimens from the same locality in the Museum; and in both 
the characters are identical. 
Besides describing this new species, I have the following remarks 
to make on the species mentioned in my previous communication. 
The species known as P. refuga, Gould, var. dextrorsa, from Phié 
Thaw, is very close to P. pseudophis. It is a sinistral form, with 
these differences—that the vertical parietal plica is rounded, not 
notched as in P. pseudophis, and the long free horizontal lamella 
beneath it is absent altogether. 
This form should now stand as a distinct species, under the title 
Plectopylis dextrorsa. 
Again, Helix (Plectopylis) refuga, Gould (figured by Philippi, 
Abbild. und Beschr. Conch. pl.x. fig. 4), is the same shell as P. letophis, 
Bs., the former name having the priority by eleven years ; but in the 
original description the internal arrangement of the epiphragms is 
not noticed. 
Calcutta, Nov, 18, 1874. 
February 2, 1875. 
Dr. A. Giinther, F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair. 
Mr. Sclater exhibited a fine skin and skull of a female Huemul 
(Cervus chilensis), and a pair of horns of an adult male forwarded 
by Mr. Edwyn C. Reed, C.M.ZS., of the National Museum, San- 
tiago, Chili, and read the following communication from him on the 
subject :-— 
“The Huemul is found near Sandy Point, Straits of Magellan, 
where our collector obtained a skin some ten years ago. 
«The Chilian men-of-war, exploring the Chonos archipelago, have 
killed one or two each year for the last three or four years on the 
mainland, near the river Aysen, which may be in latitude 45° S. 
The skin now sent was obtained there. 
«An old specimen ( 3) in the Museum collection is said to have 
been killed in the Andes in the latitude of Concepcion, say 37° S. 
“T have recently seen a pair of horns of a specimen killed a few 
years ago near the baths of Canquenes, 34° 30'S. Some animals 
(mules or mares or both) had been a long time in a mountain pas- 
turage ; and when driven in, the Huemul came with them to the 
‘corral,’ where it was lassoed and killed. The owner heard of it in 
time to get the horns. 
«Thus we may conclude that the Huemul is found in the Andes 
on either side from Magellan to near Santiago, but far more rarely in 
the north than in the southern portion of its range.” 
Mr. Sclater then made the following observations on this animal 
