[vOL. Xf. 
Ileconh tif Ihc (jHulo/jical Hurvey of India. 
Tlie now specimen is unlike any otter described species, and must conse¬ 
quently be referred to a new species, wbicb I propose to call H. 'palmhiduMS. 
It may be not of out of place bere to notice an upper molar of tbis genus 
wliicb has been figured by Professor Flower in the August number of the 
Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society,' and wbicb, as well as another 
specimen, was obtained from the English Jled Crag. The figured tooth is the 
first upjjer molar of the right side, and agrees exactly with the corresponding 
tooth of Mr. Theobald .s speoimen.s of H. .siualmsis ; the latter tooth being unworn 
and more perfect than tho.so of Falconer’s cranium of this species (with which 
Professor Flower compared his sjiecimens) are more suitable for comparison with 
the unworn English specimen. Professor Flower mentions that “ the fine stria- 
tion of the surface of the enamel in lines converging to the apices of the cuajJS, 
which is beautifully seen in both the Crag teeth,” is very indi.stinct on the more 
worn Siwalik teeth; Mr. Theobald’s specimens, how'ever, agree exactly in this 
character with the Crag teeth, and I can but adopt the opinion of Professor 
Flow’er that there is no specific distinction between the English and the first- 
named Indian llywnardos. 
In noticing the range of the genus, Professor Flower only alludes to its 
occurrence in Europe and Asia; he might have added that it also occurs in the 
newer pliocene of South America.® 
Alleged Cetacean. 
A cast of the bone referred to the Cetacea on page 103 of the ninth volume 
of the “ Records, has been submitted to Professor Flower, who considers that it 
belongs to the Ungulata and not to the Cetacea ; there is, therefore, at present no 
evidence of the presence of the latter order among the Siw'alik Fauna. 
The Palj;ontological relations op the Gondwana System: a reply to Dr. 
Feistmantel, by W. T. Blanford, F.R.S., Deputy Superintendent, Geological 
Survey of India. 
Introduction!. I have allowed more than a year to elapse without attempting to 
answer any of Dr. Peistmantel’s remarks in the “ Records of the Geological 
Survey, although I cannot admit that in his reply’ to my first paper"* he has 
cither confuted my arguments, or, except in one case," of which I think he has 
exaggerated the importance, and twice when I had been misled by his own mistakes, 
shown me to be in error. My reasons for wmiting were partly that I had other 
matters of greater urgency to attend to ; partly that I hoped the irritation which 
‘ Vol. XXX, p. 534. 
’ 0. C. Marsli: “Addrofiis to Arncrip.m Science Association,” Newliaven, 1877, p. 46. 
Rec. G. S. I., vol. IX, p. 115. 
■* Ib. pp. 79. 
® This refers to the presence of Cymdeacea in the lower Gondwiinas. The only error I com¬ 
mitted was in overlooking the fact that Noeggeraihia is classed by many writers as a Cycad. The 
affinities of this plant are hy no means dotevniined with certainty.—See Gcol. Mag. 1876, p. 489; 
1877, pp, 190, 431; Rec. G. S. T., vol. IX, pp. 118, 140. 
