278 



FAUNA ANTIQUA SIVALENSIS. 



agrees closely in every respect with that of Bos, the posterior outer 

 angfe being deflected downwards exactly as in Bos : the longitudinal 

 ridge along the shaft proceeding from the tubercle is thick and naassive, 

 with a deep fossa on its outer side. 



Dimensions. 



Inches 

 9-2 

 6-8 

 , 3-5 

 , 3-8 



Length of fragment ........ 



Transverse diameter of articular head ..... 



Antero-posterior diameter of inner articular surface 



Ditto of outer 



Purchased at auction along with head of Elephas .insignis. 



No. 348. — Fragment comprising nearly the whole length of the shaft 

 of the right tibia with the articular surface beloAV, the uj^per end broken 

 off a little below the tubercle ; the articular surface corresponds closely 

 with that of the Gour, the bone being proportionally much thicker and 

 shorter. 



Dimensions. 



Inches 

 Length of fragment ......... 155 



Transverse diameter of articular head ...... 5- 



Antero-posterior ditto of outer cup ....... 3*5 



This and the remaining specimens from the Sewalik hills. Presented 

 by Colonel Colvin. — Journ. As. Soc. vol. v. p. 183. 



No. 349. — Lower end of left femur, presenting the condyles and 

 rotular pulley with a short portion of the shaft. A good deal of 

 obliquity of direction of the rotular pulley from within outwards ; 

 borders of pulley more or less injured ; condyles nearly of equal size; 

 form and depression closely resembling what are seen in Bos. 



Length of fragment .... 

 Transverse diameter of articular head 

 Interval between condyles 

 Length of rotular pulley 

 Antero-posterior diameter ofi nner condyle 

 Transverse ditto ..... 

 Antero-posterior diameter of outer condyle 

 Transverse ditto ditto .... 



The form of shaft of bone not well shown. 



Inches 

 8-6 

 6-1 

 1-4 

 3-7 

 3-6 

 2-4 

 3-7 

 2-1 



No. 350. — Astragalus, right, nearly entire, partly covered with 

 matrix, bitt the impressions and articular sirrfaces sufficient to show 

 that it resembles in general form the astragalus of Bos, the proportion 

 being thicker, broader, and shorter. 



Inches 

 Length of bone .......... 4'8 



"Width of lower articular . . 3'3 



Ditto upper ditto .......... 3'4 



No. 351. — Compound bone of tarsus, including scaphoid, cuboid, and 

 two cuneiform forms, of left side. 



General form and articular surface like those of the ordinary 



ruminants. 



Inches 



Transverse diameter . 4-5 



Antero-posterior ditto ...,,.,,. 4-.5 



