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Show 1869.] MR. G. BUSK ON FOSSIL REMAINS FROM BORNEO. 415 or posterior is continuous throughout the entire height of the crown (see fig. 9, p. 416). Fig- 7. Crown surface, R. sondaicus. Fig. 8. Crown surface, R. sumatranus. I consider, therefore, as regards the Sarawak teeth, that they belong to a species not distinguishable by its dental characters from R. sondaicus, and that that species formerly inhabited the country about Sarawak. Before concluding, I would mention that Mr. Wallace has been good enough to place in m y hands two upper molars, and, strangely enough, the two upper second molars of the same individual, and iu the most beautiful and perfect condition, which he procured in Sumatra, but which present indubitably all the characters of the |