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No. 5 (Plate VI. fig. 5, twice nat. size).—Length 4 inch. 
Handle stout. Lamella about a third of the whole, 2 lines 
broad at the broadest part, somewhat elliptical in shape, con- 
vex on one side, concave on the other, armed with about 
fifteen stout closely-placed teeth, which are longest in the 
centre, gradually diminishing in length on both sides. This 
plate somewhat resembles my No. 2; but the teeth are much 
stouter, more erect, and have no definite space between their 
bases, as most of the previously described forms have. In 
these characters it approaches the Bohemian examples, and 
also somewhat Mr. Barkas’s figures in the ‘ Geological 
Magazine’ (/oc, cit.), if the latter correctly represent his speci- 
mens. Dr. Traquair has kindly allowed me to examine his 
specimens of Huctentus; and there can be no doubt of the 
identity of the two. 
Found by Mr. W. T. Kinnear in the ironstone of Burgh 
Lee, near Edinburgh, and now in my collection. 
XI.—On some Mammals from the North-west Frontier of 
Kashmir. By J. SCULLY. 
Tue following notes are founded on a small but interesting 
collection of mammals made by Major J. Biddulph during 
the course of last year in Astor, Gilgit, Yassin, and Deosai— 
districts in the extreme north-west part of Kashmir or on the 
frontier of the state in that direction. A note on the mam- 
malian fauna of the first three places above mentioned, with a 
slight sketch of their physical aspects, will be found in a 
paper written by me in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 197; of 
Deosai, which I have not visited, I quote the following 
description from Mr. F. Drew’s ‘Jummoo and Kashmir 
Territories,’ p. 376 (1875) :— 
‘“ Deosai is a plateau, a mass of high land, surrounded by 
yet higher mountains. he centre of it lies 25 miles south- 
south-west from Skarda*, while the nearer edge is only 
10 miles from that place. There is a ring of mountains, 
irregular, but still of a general circular form, the diameter 
of which from crest to crest of the ridge is about 25 miles. 
These mountains make a rugged serrated barrier of a height 
of from 16,000 to 17,000 feet. Within this ring is flat, 
though not completely flat, country, made up of plateaus more 
or less separated by flat valleys a few hundred feet below 
* Skardu or Iskardo is the capital of Baltistan (Little Thibet), and is 
situated in lat. 85° 22' N. and long. 75° 27' EH. 
