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upwards of " K) inches along the greater curvature ; it is separated 

 from the colon by a very marked constriction ; it is not sacculated, 

 and when fully distended with air is curved on itself into a little 

 less than a circle ; it is furnished with a well-developed median 

 frennm carrying blood-vessels." A similar type of caecum is also 

 found in Callithriz and Pithecia. 



Subfamily Nyetipithecinse. — Lower incisors vertical ; hyoid 

 normal ; tail long, non-prehensile ; pollex well developed. 



Three genera are included in this subfamily, the species being 

 partly insectivorous. 



Cnllifiiri.r. 1 — Head small, depressed, and not elongated; nares 



Fig. 33!>.— The Moloch Teetee (Callithrix moloch). From Archives du Museum, vol. iv. pi. 3. 



widely separated; canines small ; angle of mandible expanded as in 

 Pithecia; tail Avith long hair. 



This genus comprises several small species, mostly from Brazil 

 and the Amazons, and commonly known as Teetees, one of the 

 best-known species (C. moloch, Fig. 339) being represented in the 

 accompanying woodcut. The smaller eyes and the more widely 

 separated nostrils distinguish them from Nydipithecus : while the 

 1 Geoffroy, Ann. du Musiwm, vol. xiw p. 112 (1812). 



