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equivalent of Palaptenjx crassus of Haast. The length of the 

 tibio-tarsus which may be taken as the type of this race or species 

 is 0,500 (20 inches), and its distal width 0,087 (3'5 inches). 

 Uah. South Island. 



a. The Tihio-tarsus. 

 41266. The left tibio-tarsus ; from the South Island. This speci- 

 men, which maybe taken as the type of the present form, 

 has a length of 0,506 (20 inches), and a distal width of 

 0,087 (3*5 inches). It is absolutely longer than the tibio- 

 tarsus of P. elephantopus, No. A. 171 a (p. 324), in which 

 the distal width is 0,097 (8'63 inches). The contrast in 

 the form of this specimen to the tibio-tarsus of Emeus 

 crassus, No. 4-4163 (p. 30S), is very marked. 



Purchased, 1869. 



A. 172. A nearly similar right tibio-tarsus, imperfect proximally ; 

 locality unknown. The great development of the ex- 

 tensor tubercle, placed immediately on the line of the 

 upper half of the extensor groove, is very noticeable. 



No history. 



A. 173. The associated right and left tibio-tarsus ; locality un- 

 known. These specimens, of which the extremities are 

 slightly imperfect, closely resemble the preceding one. 



No history, 



32017. A much smaller left tibio-tarsus ; apparently from Ruamoa, 

 South Island, This specimen, which may belong to the 

 male of the present form, has a length of 0,461 (18*2 

 inches) ; its relative proportions being the same as in the 

 preceding specimens. It was referred in MS. by Owen 

 to Emtus crassus, as well as some of the totally different 

 tibifo mentioned under the heading of that species. 



Walter Mantell Collection. Purchased, about 1855. 



A. 175. A still smaller left tibio-tarsus, with the proximal extremity 

 im])erfect : from Otago. No history > 



A. 175 a. A nearly similar imperfect right tibio-tarsus ; from Otago. 

 The extreme shortness of the fibular ridge is well shown 

 in this and the preceding specimens. In the present 

 • bone its length is 0,092 (3-6 inches), whereas in the 

 equal-sizod tibia of Emeus cjravijjes, No. 32015* (p. 300), 

 it is upwards of 0,124 (4'9 inches). The rough fibular 

 border below the smooth interval is also e(]ually noticeable. 



No histori/. 



