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farm Voetpad in the Division of Murray sburg, Cape. The chief 

 features lie in the shortness of the skull compared with the width, 

 the great height, the size and shape of the orbit and of the temporal 

 fossa. Although all the features are not visible, enough is seen to 

 show that the skull differs considerably from any hitherto-described 

 species. 



The greatest length is 170 mm., while the maximum width across 

 the squamosals was probably 180 mm. The front of the snout is 

 weathered away, but was nearly vertical and very high, the nasal 

 region being very convex and the nostrils almost at the front of the 

 skull. The preorbital portion is short. 



The premaxilla is small. The nasals are narrowed anteriorly the 

 nostrils being close together. There is a well-marked septo-maxillary 

 forming the posterior wall of the nostril and a small portion of the 

 cheek-surface. 



The eyes are large, rhomboidal in shape, looking mainly outwards. 

 The frontal region widens considerably posteriorly, the minimum 

 width 25 mm. being well towards the front of the orbit. The 

 frontal region is flat and there is a slight supraorbital ridge. 



The postorbital portion is not complete. The bar was apparently 

 comparatively slender, while the postorbital extended back to form 

 the whole of the upper border and part of the posterior border of 

 the temporal fossa. The parietal region has a maximum width of 

 32 mm., and is very short. 



There is a long and slender preparietal, supported along the pos- 

 terior part by the parietals, and in its anterior half by the frontals. 

 It extends only so far back as just to touch the anterior border of the 

 pineal foramen, which lies 10 mrn. behind the postorbital bar, and is 

 11 mm. long and 6 mm. wide. 



The postfrontal is well seen on the right side. It is well 

 developed, very narrow in its posterior half and articulates with 

 the frontal, parietal, and postorbital. 



The squamosal has a very long downward process supporting a 

 large, plate-like quadrato-jugal. Anteriorly it is overlapped by the 

 jugal, which is a very stout bone and extends half-way along the 

 lower border of the temporal opening. 



The palate is short and wide, the width between the bases of the 

 caniniform processes being about 40 mm. There is no trace of 



tusks. 



The lower jaw is displaced from its true position. Its total length 

 is probably 110 mm., and the depth at the symphysis 40 mm. The 

 front of the jaw is bluntly rounded and strong, and there is no 



