270 Notice of the Ursus Isabellinus. 



the hind feet are much shorter and less curved, the longest 

 is one and a quarter inches. The head is conical, broad at 

 the base, and quickly narrowing towards the muzzle, which 

 is truncated. The forehead is nearly on a line with the 

 nose, the slight elevation of the former arising in part from 

 the character of the fur which is short, and smooth on the 

 muzzle, and thicker and longer on the forehead. The 

 under-lip is shorter than the upper, and is overhung by the 

 latter, so as almost to be concealed by it when the mouth 

 is shut. The eyes are small, and situated nearly midway 

 between the extremity of the muzzle, and the root of the 

 ears. Irides brown. The ears are large, rising three and a 

 half inches above the outline of the head. There are a 

 few short vibrissa? on the upper and under-lips. The 

 front teeth have been extracted. There are three molars 

 on each side above and two below, so far as can be ascer- 

 tained from an imperfect view of the interior of the mouth at 

 some paces distance. The neck is short and thick, the 

 body robust, the limbs short and stout. The outline of the 

 back presents a considerable eminence opposite the shoul- 

 ders, behind which it is nearly horizontal, with a slight 

 elevation opposite the haunches. There is no mane as in 

 Ursus Syriacus. There are two pectoral, and two ventral 

 teats. H. W. 



Muscologia Intineris Assamici ; or a Description of Mosses collected 

 during the Journey of the Assam Deputation, in the years 1835 and 

 1836. By W. Griffith, Esq. Assist. Surgeon, Madras Estabt. 



(Continued from page 75, vol. iii.) 



Daltonia, Hook et Tayl. Muse. Britt. 138 partim. Bri- 

 del Bryol Univ. 2. 255. 

 1. Daltonia marginata, Griff. 



Foliis oblongo-anceolatis marginibus fibrosis, seta apicem versus 

 scabrella, capsula cum apophyse obovata inclinata. 



