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4. Hycemoschus (Gray) is characterized by having- the median metacarpala 
separate at all ages j and the intermaxillaries are not in contact with the 
nasal bones. The author agrees with Pomel that the fossil Dicrocerus 
crassus (Lartet) should be referred to this genus^ but hesitates to admit the 
other fossil remains which have been included in this group by various au- 
thors. 
6. The animals mentioned ought to be divided into two distinct groups : 
the Moschidcs with the genus Moschtts, and the Tragididce with the two other 
genera. 
6. The Moschidce are more closely allied to the CervidcB than to the Tragu- 
lidce. The placenta is divided into a great number of cotyledons ; stomach 
quadripartite. Frontal excrescences none. Formula of the teeth : inc. j 
can. j mol. |5"6* Canine teeth much developed in the male j incisors 
in a continuous series, subequal in size. Male with a pouch secreting 
musk. 
7. The ground upon which the author separates the Tragididcn is the 
difference of the placental connexion of their embryo with the uterus : the 
placenta is not divided into cotyledons, but it is diffuse, the entire ovum being 
covered with villi, as in the Hog, Camel, and Horse \ there is no membrana 
caduca. The stomach is tripartite. The male has no musk -secreting appa- 
ratus. Teeth as in the Moschidce, but the median incisors are enlarged and 
separated by an interspace. 
4 Dr. Blyth agrees with M. Milne-Ed wards that Mcminna (Gray) should be 
reunited with Tragtdm, that 31. malaccensis (Gray) does not difl'er from 
Tragulus indicus (Gray), and that T. pelandoc (Blyth) should properly be 
named T. javanicm ; he adds some further remarks on the geographical dis- 
tribution of the species and their varieties. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 482. 
Camelus hactrianus. The measurements of a young animal born in the 
Frankfort Zoological Garden are given in Zoolog. Garten, 1864, p. 83. 
Auchenia alpaca. The Soci*St(5 Impdriale Zoologique d’Acclimatation ” 
ai-e endeavouring to introduce the Llama into France, and to render it a really 
useful animal in the different parts of the French Empire. With the aid of 
the Imperial Government they have succeeded in making a fresh importation 
from Peru of twenty-six head. The reports of the Commanders of the two 
vessels to whom the transport was entrusted, and a report on the animals 
themselves by M. A. Geoffrey St. -Hilaire, are published in the Bulletin 
mensuel,” 1864, pp. 321, 393 & 397. M. Bufz de Lavison has given on 
this occasion an historical account of different attempts made (chiefly in 
France) to introduce the Llama into Europe (p. 327) ; it would appear that 
there are, at present, in Europe 104 Llamas, 4 Alpacas, and 11 Guanacos. 
Cervus. Mr. Swinhoe enumerates in a letter the Deer of China, nine in 
number, proposing for one of them the name of Cervus hortulorum, and for 
another that of C. manichuricus. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, p. 169. 
Rang if er tarandus. Mr. Newton found the Rein-deer tolerably abundant 
in Spitzbergen, and noticed that they are smaller than Lap-deer, their antlers 
being similar to those of ate tic North America. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1864, 
p. 495. — Hr. Malmgren has made the same observation, Wiegm. Arch. 1864, 
p. 87, 
Camelopardalis. Dr. Crisp makes some further observations on the Anatomy 
