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PROF. H. G. SEELEY ON THE DISTAL END' [A-Ug. 1899, 



narrow, without an appreciable lateral pit, a character of some 

 interest, since all deer have the outer side of the condyle concave or 

 with a central pit, while the vicuna (Auchenia) has a convexity. 



When the bone is held vertically and seen from the front, the 

 condyles are oblique ; because the outer condyle, which is the 

 larger, then descends lower than the inner condyle. I have not 



Hemiomus major, gen. et sp. nov. : distal end of humerus, nat. size. 



B. S«ele7 del. 



Anterior aspect. 



Posterior aspect. 



Lateral aspect. 



noticed this character in any other animal. The condyles are 

 rounded from above downward in front, but almost inappreciable 

 posteriorly. They are divided in front by a moderately deep 

 vertical groove, which suggests the camel ; though in that genus 

 the external margins of the condyles are not rounded as in this 

 fossil. The inner condyle is compressed from side to side to a blunt 

 ridge, and this condition contributes to give the condyle a narrow 

 aspect, which is exceptional. The outer condyle is flattened or 

 traversed round its convex middle part by a very slight vertical 



