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set'inintirly siaallci- size of the \mh\ i^'liiiuls. Hodg:son ei'ected the 

 genus Procapnt ior picti('ati(hitt( ; and, in view of the constancy in 

 ofciuTence and develoi)nient of theeutaneous glands in tlie s{)ecies 

 of (,'azeUa I linve examined, 1 fxni disposed to tliink that Procapro 

 should be admitted as a valid genus, comprising pi-obabl}', in 

 addition to picticatidata, gntturosa and przev^alskii. I do not 

 kntnv whether these three sjiecies ai-e in actual agreement :is 

 regards cutaneous glands ; but they at least difter from all the 

 southern species of CJazelles in the shortness of the tail. 



Text-fiir. 104. 



A. lliiul t'oot of Gazel/a suhgnttin-osa slimviiii: slit-like orifice of i)Oilal 



glaiiil {().). 

 U. Mcdiini vertical section of front foot of (i. hennettii : gl., glandular cleft. 

 C. Foot of G. cuvieri dissected to show the <;laiid in situ. 

 I). Median vertical section of foot of Jnfiilorni.i marsiipialis. 



The validity of Procapra was discussed by Messrs. Sclater and 

 Thomas (* Book of Antelopes,' iii. p. 73), and the claims of the 

 genus to recognition were dismissed on the grounds that three of 

 the characters in which t lieaboxe-uienf iuiud species agree (namely, 



