99—12 CEANIA OF EU MIN ANTS FEOM THE INDIAN TEETIAEIES. 
Iii the Catalogue of the Fossil vertebrate of the Asiatic Society of Bengal,' 
Dr. Falconer has noticed several fragments of crania and horn- cores which belong to 
this species ; it seemed, however, that at that time he was somewhat doubtful of the 
distinctness of the present species, since he in some cases refers to the remains 
simply as belonging to a species of Bos and at others as belonging to Bos nama- 
dicus. Owing to this uncertainty of nomenclature, it appears that Mr. TheobahF 
was led into error in founding the so-called new species. Bos falconerianus ; he 
appears to have thought that in the description of the horn-core marked 30 in the 
Catalogue and there called simply Bos, Dr. Falconer had intended to argue for the 
specific distinctness of that horn-core from both Buhalus palceindicus and Bos 
ncmiadicus ; whereas in reality Dr. Falconer was only arguing for the distinctness 
of the specimen from Bubcdus palcBindicus and the two living species of Bibos. A 
more careful perusal of the Catalogue would have shown such to have been the view 
of the author, because the next specimen in the Catalogue (No. 31) is named Bos 
ncmiadicus, and Dr. Falconer m noticing it says that “ it presents the same charac- 
ters as No. 30,” clearly showing that he considered the two identical; again, in 
the description of No. 33 {infra) Dr. Falconer refers to No. 30 as having belonged 
to a male of Bos ncmiadicus. An examination of the two specimens of horn-cores, 
30 and 31, shows that they are quite similar in form, and that they also agree with 
the horn-cores of the specimen of Bos namadicus figured in Plate XI of this 
memoir. Bos fcdconerianus must therefore he considered as Bos namadicus only. 
As the specimens of horn-cores of this sj)ecies in the Asiatic Society’s Collection are 
of larger size than any of those here described, I will here quote Dr. Falconer’s 
notes on them as given in the Catalogue. Speaking of the above-mentioned speci- 
men of a horn-core (No. 30), Dr. Falconer uses the following words : Bos — Enor- 
mous horn-core of bovine ruminant, encrusted with matrix, much curved in tlie out- 
line, and nearly chcular in section. Girth five inches above base, 1 foot 7 
inches ; length along convex curve 3 feet 8 inches ; diameter where tip is broken 
off, 3 inches. It is much more circular than that of the Gour or Gayal, in 
which respect it differs still more than the Bos {Bubalus) palcBincUcus, and it 
would apj)ear to indicate a distinct fossil species now extinct.” This specimen is the 
largest horn-core of Eos that I have seen; it agrees with that of our 
figured specimen in belonging to the round-horned variety. The next specimen in 
the Catalogue (No. 31) is entered by Dr. Falconer as belonging to Bos namadiciis, 
and is referred to in the following words : “ Fragment of horn-core, left side, 
detached, presenting the same characters as No. 30, — namely, with curved outhne 
and nearly circular in section ; it is less covered with matrix, and at the upper and 
convex edge shows a ridge similar to (the horn-core of) Bos {Boephagus) grunniens, 
' “Catalogue of the Fossil Remains of Vertebrate from the Sewalik Hills,” etc., in the Museum of the Asiatic 
Society of Bengal, Calcutta, 1859. 
2 Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind., Vol. II, p. 293. 
