l!>4 MURIDJS.- — ATHERURA. 



Lumbar vertebrae 5 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 27 or 28 



*«. Skull: young. Brazils. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



b. Skull : young. Brazils. 



c. Skeleton : J • Brazils. Purchased of Mr. Becker. 



d. Skeleton. Brazils. Purchased of Mr. Brandt. 

 *e. Skull, and bones of the body. 



/. Skeleton. 



CKffiTOMYS. 



Teeth :— Incisors i=| ; Molars *=? ; = 20. 



The Quilled Bat. Chsetcmys subspinosus. 



Gray, in Voy. of H.M.S. Sulphur, pi. 18. figs. 1-6 (skull).— Water- 

 house, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 401. pi. 18. fig. 1 a, b (skull). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 15 



Lumbar 7 



Sacral 4 



Caudal 28 



*a. Skull. Brazils. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. — The specimen 

 described in the ' Proc. Zool. Soc' for 1843, p. 21, and figured 

 in the ' Voyage of the Sulphur,' pi. 18. figs. 1-6. 



*b. Skull. Brazils. From Mr. Brandt's Collection. 



c. Skeleton. 



ATHERURA. 



Teeth :— Incisors ^ ; Molars ±± ; = 21 >. 



Atherura macroura. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 472. pi. 18. fig. 5. 

 Hvstrix macroura?, Gerrais, Voy. de la Bonite (skull). — Blainr., 

 'Osteog. G. Hystrix, pi. 2 (skull, tf). 



*a. Skull. — The specimen figured by Mr. Waterhouse. 



The Indian Brush-tailed Porcupixe. Atherura fasciculata. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 470. pi. 18. fig. 6 (skull), figs. 6, 6 b 



(palate and teeth). 

 Hvstrix macroura, Gerrais, Vov. de la Bonite (skull). — Btainr., 



Osteog. G. Hystrix, pi. 2 (skull, rf )■ 



*a. Skull. 



The Tufted-tailed Porcupine. Atherura africana. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 476. pi. 18. figs. 5, 5a (skull). 

 Hystrix fasciculata, Blainv., Osteog. G. Hystrix, pi. 11 (skull, c?). 



