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the membrane covering the gilis has fix rays ; the firft dorfal fin 

 eight ; the fecond dorfal thirteen ; the peroral fins fifteen each ; the 

 ventrals four each ; the anal eight ; and the tail ten rays. 



A new fpecies of Ape has likewife been lately difcovered, and of 

 which a particular defcription may fpeedily be expected from the 

 pen of the celebrated Daubenton ; this animal is faid to refemble 

 mankind more nearly than any formerly known fpecies, and has 

 received the name of Simla nqfalis, from the elegant figure of its 

 nofe. 



Goettingen,? J. FRID. GMELIN. 



March 16. 1788.5 



