28 CHARLES MIDLO AND HAROLD CUMMINS 



DAUBENTONIA 



Manus (3) 

 Figures 5-6 



Except for a drawing in the literature (Bychowska), the 

 dried stuffed skin of one specimen provides the only material 

 of this genus included in the tabulation; such a preparation 

 is obviously not ideal for examination of the dermatoglyphics. 

 (See supplementary note, below.) 



Interdigital pads I, II and III are prominent, but IV is only 

 slightly elevated. The H pad is an expanded plateau, as is the 

 smaller Th pad. There are faint indications of pads 2 P , 3 P 

 and 4 P . 



The pads are only incompletely covered with continuous 

 ridges. Small patches of ridge-bearing epidermis are dis- 

 tributed over parts of the pads, between and around them, 

 and in the central area. Through these patchy areas, however, 

 ridge directions are traceable in some areas, but with difficulty, 

 by projection across the intervals between patches. Well 

 formed triradii are not present, though the locations of 

 potential triradii are recognizable as points of ridge 

 divergence. 



H: (3). The division of two areas of ridged 

 skin in one palm (fig. 5) suggests the 

 distinction between H d and H p . 



Th: L p (1); W (2). 



I: 0(3). 



II: 0(2);L p (l). 



Ill: 0(l);L p (2). 



IV: 0(3). 



CA : Ridges not formed. 



Pes (2) 

 Figures 7-8 



The plantar pads are not as prominent as those of the hand, 

 being even lower and having less defined outlines. Pads H 

 and Th are not noted at all. The extent of patched areas of 

 ridged skin is greater than in the hand. From the calcaneal 



