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5^. Long diameter of occipital condyle 25'75 in.; transverse 1'75. 

 Foramen magnum, antero-posterior diameter, 1'7 in. ; transverse dia- 

 meter 1'75 in. This Avould appear to be an adult male specimen of 

 same species as No. 18. From Hoshingabad (^vide Jour. As. Soc, vol. 

 viii. 950, figs. 3 and 9). 



JVo. 20. Bos Palmindicus. — Specimen consisting of a nearly entire 

 cranium broken oiF anteriorly at the diastema, and bearing the cores of 

 both horns, the right broken off a little above the base, the left 9 inches 

 long. All the molar teeth on both sides protruded and worn, the occi- 

 pital portion agrees in form with the large specimen No. 18, of which it 

 would appear to be an adult female, judging from the less prominent 

 development generally and the smaller size of the horns. Length of 

 specimen 17^ in. ; height from sphenoid to surface of frontal 8 in. ; width 

 of skull at constriction between the horn-cores and orbits 8J in. ; width 

 of brow between middle of orbits 1\ in. Length of brow from vertex 

 to upper margin of orbit 7^ in. ; length of line of molars, left side, 6^ in. ; 

 greatest width of left horn 5 in. ; thickness 3 in. 



The left horn-core, right condyle, right styloid, left zygomatic arch, 

 and glenoid surface, palate, occiput, frontal, and both orbits, also the 

 two maxilJaries, are nearly entire. Nasals broken off. The specimen is 

 encrusted with a hard calcareous gritty matrix. (From Hoshingabad.) 

 Memo. — This cranium is described by Mr. James Prinsep, and a series 

 of 8 different dimensions as compared with a skuU of a buifalo (not 

 stated whether wild or tame) prepared by Dr. Evans (Journ. As. Soc, 

 vol. iii. p. 399).i 



No. 21. Bos Palmindicus. — Specimen comprising left maxilla nearly 

 complete in height and containing 6 molars protruded from the jaw : all 

 the rest of the skull wanting. Length of line of molars 6 in. ; height 

 from edge of molars to upper margin of the fragment 9 j in. Probably 

 adult. 



No. 22. Bos Palceindicus. — Lower jaw, left side, comprising nearly 

 the whole length of horizontal ramus, broken off in front near symphy- 

 sis, and behind at the offset of the ascending ramus in a line with the 

 molars, containing 6 adult molar teeth, all protruded and worn, but not 

 of an old animal. The grinding pattern is a little obscured by matrix, 

 which encrusts the specimen ; but it would appear to correspond with 

 Bos Palceindicus. Length of fragment 13-25 in. ; length of line of 

 molars 7^ in. ; height of jaw at the last molars 4 in. ; at the anterior 

 edge of the 1st premolar 2\ in. Length of diastemal portion 2-^ in. ; 

 greatest thickness If in. 



No. 30. Bos Namadicus. — Enormous core of bovine ruminant, en- 

 crusted with matrix, much curved in the outline and nearly circular in 

 section. Girth, 5 inches above base, 1 foot 7 in. Length along convex 



> Respecting this specimen Mr. J. 

 Prinsep writes in Journ. As. Soc, vol. iii. 

 p. 399 : — ' The direction of the horns in 

 the Hoshingabad fossil skull give it at 

 first sight the appearance of a buiFalo's 

 head : and the convexity and breadth of 



the forehead, as well as the angle of the 

 occiput, both tend to rank it with this 

 genus ; or at least certainly to separate 

 it widely from the Aurochs and the do- 

 mestic ox, as described by Barou Cuvier.' 

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