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the visceral anatomy of Elaphodus with the facts brought forward in 

 Prof. Flower's important memoir on Moschus tends to confirm this 

 view. 



The internal anatomy of Hydropotes is not known ; but the absence 

 of any frontal tuft, the presence of an inflated auditory bulla, 

 together with the non-ankylosis of the cuneiform bones with the 

 naviculo-cuboid of the tarsus, are against its Cervuline affinities. 



With Cervulus there is every reason to believe that Elaphodus is 

 most intimately related. The size of the animal, the conformation 

 of the skull, the fusion of the cuneiform bones with the naviculo- 

 cuboid, the non-development of the metatarsal tufts, and the pre- 

 sence of the frontal crest are all evidences in that direction, as is the 

 similarity of the shape of the glans penis in the two genera. It ap- 

 pears to me that Cervulus, together with Elaphodus, form a sub- 

 family of the Cervidee, which might be termed the Cervulinas and be 

 defined as follows : — 



Cervulin.e. Small Cervidee in which the proportionally small 

 antlers are situated on elongated pedestals, up the front of which 

 the lengthy hair of the crest which is developed in the frontal 

 region extends. Females hornless. Suborbital glands large in 

 both sexes. No metatarsal tufts. Canine tusks large in the 

 males, minute in the females. The second and third cuneiform 

 bones of the tarsus ankylosed with the naviculo-cuboid. The 

 lateral metatarsals wanting, and the lateral metacarpals present 

 only as slender bones opposite the upper ends of the third and 

 fourth metacarpals, or wanting altogether. 



Two genera are contained in this subfamily. 



Cervulus. Cervulinse in which the pedestals of the antlers are di- 

 vergent, and send downwards from their roots strong supra- 

 orbital ridges, the antlers themselves diverging into a brow-antler 

 and a simple beam. Cutaneous glands developed on the inner 

 side of each supraorbital ridge. 



Elaphodus. Cervulinee in which the pedestals of the antlers are 

 convergent and do not send downwards supraorbital ridges. 

 Antlers minute and simple, scarcely projecting beyond the much- 

 developed frontal hair-tuft. Frontal glands absent. 



4. Descriptions of new Species of Lepidoptera from New 

 Guinea, with notice of a new Genus. By ArthurG. Butler, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Received November 4, 1876.] 



(Plate LXXVII.) 



The following novelties formed part of a collection recently made 

 in Yule Island, New Guinea, by Dr. James. 



