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MANIDID^. 



longer. lUiger says M. gigantea from Guinea is like M. hrachyura, 

 but 4 feet long. The Museum specimen from Cape-Coast Castle is 

 upwards of 5 feet long. 



Fiff. 44. 



Skull of PhoUdotus (/iyanteiis. 



Du C'haillu sent to the British Museum two specimens of Manis 

 longicauda and one of PhoUdotus gigantetts, all under the name of 

 the " Ant-eater," evidently regarding them as one species. 



Which is the species called I^n, or is it common to both ? 



What is Manis leptura (Blyth, Joum. Asiat. Soc. of Bengal, xn., 

 Arch. f. Natiu'g. 1849 ; Rapp, Edent. p. IS) ? 



8. SMUTSIA. 



Upper part of the fore and hind feet covered with scales. Scales 

 broad, short, and pale-coloured. Tail very broad, rounded at the 

 end ; central series of scales interrupted before reaching the end of 

 the tail. 



Smutsia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 369. 



