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INDIAN TERTIARY AND POST-TERTIARY VERTEBRATA. 
Species 2. Cobus (?) patulicornis, nobis. 1 
Syn. Antilope patulicornis , nobis} 
History. — This species was originally described on the evidence of an imperfect 
frontlet figured in vol. I. pi. XXY. fig. 3, which was provisionally referred to the 
present genus in the u Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 54, where several 
imperfect specimens of the cranium are recorded. 
Cranium,. — The best preserved of the British Museum specimens (No. 39559, a) 
is represented in plate III. figs. 3, 3a, and consists of the hinder part of the cranium 
bearing the basal halves of the horn-cores. 3 In general characters this specimen 
agrees with the cranium of the preceding species, but is readily distinguished by the 
more widely divergent horn-cores ; in which respect it also differs from existing 
species of Cobus. 
Affinities. — The resemblance of the cranium of the present form to that of the 
preceding species renders it probable that it should be referred to the same genus, 
but more perfect specimens are required before its affinities can be further elucidated. 
Distribution. — The type specimen was obtained from the Hushi&rpur district, 
while the British Museum examples were derived from the typical Siwalik Hills. 
Genus, non. det. 
Frontal. — The frontal and horn-core represented in pi. III. fig. 5 was obtained 
from Perim Island, and is described in the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 54 
as of the left side, but it is very difficult to say to which side it really belongs, and 
it is here figured as belonging to the right. 4 It has the depressed frontal region and 
the widely separated horn-cores of Cobus , and if it belong to the left side the 
direction of the horn-cores is nearly the same as in existing species of that genus ; 
if, however, it is here figured in the right position their curvature is reversed. More 
perfect specimens are required to elucidate the full affinities of this large antelope. 
Genus. ALCELAPHUS, Blainville. 6 
Including Damalis , Gray. 
Distribution. — There are some nine or ten existing species, ranging over the 
whole of Africa, and extending north-eastward into Syria. A. bubalis occurs fossil 
in the upper pleistocene of Algiers. 6 
Species. Alcelaphus pal^eindicus (Falconer 7 ). 
Syn. Antilope palceindica , Falconer. 8 
Alcelaphus balceri, Lydekker. 9 
History. — The history of this species will be found in vol. III. p. 117, and in 
the “ Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus.” pt. II. p. 55. 
i Supra, vol. I. p. 157 (1878) — Antilope. 2 Zoo. eit. 
3 The artist has unfortunately not drawn fig. 3 in the same position as the other specimens, the occipital portion having 
been too much elevated. 
4 If the specimen belong to the left side the right side of the figure is the inferior border. 
5 ‘Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris.’ 1816. p. 75. 6 Thomas. ‘ Mem. Soc. Geol. France.’ ser. 3. vol. III. art. 2. p. 38 (1884). 
7 “Cat. Foss. Vert. As. Soc. Beng.” p. 154 (1859). 8 Loe. cit. 9 ‘ Geol. Mag.’ dec. 3. vol. II. p. 170 (1885). 
