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subtus albis, caudd lata, paululiim decrescente,fulvd, pilis ba- 

 salibus ad apicem nigris. Pedibus anticis latis, pollice minuto ; 

 pedibus posticis penicilld lata ad marginem externum indutis ; 

 plantis tiiberculo oblongo parvo ad medium marginis extemi, 

 tuberculo antico, et tuberculis duobus incequalibus interne ad par- 

 tem posticam. 

 Hah. in India. 



SciUROPTERA TuRNBULLi. Sciur. vellere brevi, molli, nigres- 

 cente, pilis annulum albidum subterminalem exhibentibus ; bttccis, 

 mento, corporeque subtus albis; regione circum-oculari, etmysta- 

 cibus nigiis ; caudd angustd, decrescente, nigrescenti-fuscd, sub- 

 tus pallidiore ; pedibus anticis parvulis, pollicibus minutis; pe- 

 dibus posticis externe vixfimbriatis, plantis angustis sine tuber- 

 culis centralibus ad marginem externum, tuberculo attamen an- 

 teriori, necnon duobus incequalibus posticis ad marginem in- 

 ternum. 



Long. 11| unc. ; caudae, 8 unc. 



Hab. in India. 



A new species of Fox, nearly allied to Vulpes Bengalensis, but evi- 

 dently larger, Mr. Gray designated as Vulpes xanthura. In describing 

 this species, he remarked, that it had a large gland, covered with 

 rigid brown hair, on the upper part of the base of its tail, very di- 

 stinctly marked ; and that on looking at the tail of the several other 

 species of this genus, as V. Bengalensis, V. vulgaris, V.fulva, and 

 some others, a similar gland was easily recognisable, though it ap- 

 peared to have been hitherto overlooked. 



Mr. Ogilby afterwards characterised a new species of Gibbon {Hy- 

 lobates), which had been presented to the Society many years ago, 

 by the late General Hardwicke, and hitherto considered as the female 

 of the Hoolock. A specimen of the latter species had been presented 

 to the Society at the same time, and from the same locality ; but 

 their specific identity was sufficiently disproved, not only by the fact 

 of both specimens being of the same sex, and from our being perfectly 

 acquainted with both sexes of the Hoolock, but likewise by the marked 

 difference of colour and external structure exhibited by the two ani- 

 mals. The greater height of the forehead and prominence of the nose 

 in the new species were pointed out as alone sufficient to distinguish 

 it from all the other Gibbons ; whilst its ashy-brown colour and large 

 black whiskers rendered it almost impossible to confound it with 

 the Hoolock, which has fur of a shining black, and a pure white 

 band across the forehead. Mr. Ogilby observed, that we have had 

 two distinct instances of real Apes from the continental parts of India; 

 and referred to various passages of Pliny, in which the Roman natu- 

 ralist professed to describe different races of human beings from the 

 remote provinces of India, whom he relates to have teeth like dogs, 

 to live among trees, and to converse by frightful screams. These 

 distorted accounts Mr. Ogilby conceives to have been founded upon 



