302 MR. J. L, BOXHOTE OIS' MAMMALS FROM TIBET. [ISToV. 14, 



in 1738, 2 ft. 4 in. high'') was thrown on the screen to prove that 

 as early as 1 746 the Satyrus indicus was recognised as cliftei-ing- 

 from the Chimpanzee. This pictni'e was said to have been taken 

 from life. 



It was usually said that the existence of an African anthropoid 

 • other than the Chimpanzee was not known till about the middle 

 of the last century. This was not the opinion of J. E. Gray ; for 

 at a scientific meeting of this Society *, in calling attention to 

 Wombwell's Gorilla, he alluded, but without quotation, to 

 Bowdich's 'Mission to Ashantee' (London, 1819), where the 

 " African Orang (Pithecus Troglodites) " was compared with the 

 Ingena. 



The following papers were I'ead : — 



1. On a Collection of Mammals brought home by the Tibet 

 Frontier Commission. By J. Lewis Bonhote, M.A., 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S.t 



[Received August 9, 1905.] 

 (Text-figures 52 <fc 53.) 



The collection T of mammals brought home by the Tibet 

 Mission, and collected by Capt. H. J. Walton of the Indian Medical 

 Service, although not large in numbers contains several specimens 

 of great intei'est, and there can be no doubt but that the region 

 is full of mammalian treasures, only waiting time and opportunity 

 for theii' discovery. 



Of the eight sjDecies of which examples wei-e brought back, two, 

 Microtus toaltoni and Cricetulus lama, ai'e new to science, while 

 the large red Fox of the country is sufficiently distinct to be 

 entitled to subspecific rank. In addition to these, I have been 

 enabled for the first time to examine the skull of another Fox, 

 Ytd'pes ferrilatus, desciibed 63 yeai-s ago, but of which the skuU- 

 chai-acters have hithei-to remained entirely unknown. This skull 

 shows features of great peciiliarity, and proves the validity of 

 ferrilatus as a species, a matter hithei'to considered doubtful by 

 some writers. 



In addition to the specimens collected by Capt. Walton, the 

 British Museum is indebted to Col. Waddell foi- two oi- three skins, 

 an account of which has also been incorjioi-ated in this j)aper. 



Felis manul Pall. 



Felis manul Pall. Reise Russ. Reichs, iii p. 692 (1776); 

 Blanf. Faim. Br. Ind., Mamm. p. 83 (1891). 



* P. Z.S. 1861, p. 278. 



t [The complete account of tlie new forms described in this communication appears 

 here ; but since the names and preliminary diagnoses were published in the 

 ' Abstract,' the former are distinguished by being underlined. — Editor.] 



J A sketch-map giving all the localities in which this collection was procured is 

 published in 'The Ibis' (1905, p. 57, pi. ii.). 



