ELIOMYS 555 



niecliaii spine, the slightly curved hamular in contact with audi- 

 tory bulla iit tip. External pterygoid plate evident though small, 

 forming a distinct pterygoid fossa. Mandible slender, the ramus 

 curved in front of tooth-row, coronoid process long, sloping 

 gradually backward, its point considerably above level of 

 condyle ; angular process well developed, short and deep, the 

 middle of lower border Math abrupt angle, above which the bone 

 is perforated by a conspicuous round vacuity about I'T) mm. in 

 diameter. 



Teeth. — The teeth are moderately large relatively to size of 

 skull, the length of tooth-i"Ow contained about '2\ times in palatal 

 length ; tooth-rows wider apart anteriorly than posteriorly, the 

 alveolar length equal to distance between anterior roots of 

 premolars. Incisors with no special peculiarities, the anterior 



KIG. 110. 



Ktiomtjs querciims. f'heek-tettli. X ICl. 



surface smooth, light yellow, its diameter slightly less than 

 antero-posterior diameter, the discrepancy slightly greater in the 

 lower than in the upper teeth. Root of lower incisor extending 

 to that of m.j^ ; dental foramen at level of alveolar line. Upper 

 cheek-teeth with crowns deeply concave, the inner and outer 

 borders noticeably elevated. Molars sub-equal, the second 

 slightly the largest, the crowns squarish, slightly wider than 

 long, the inner border a little rounded, the posterior border of 

 im? shortened ; inner border of crown with a robust, moderately 

 high cusp, the most elevated portion of which is in front of 

 middle, its base occupying nearly entire inner border, but in 

 some specimens succeedStl by a minute postero- internal cusp 

 early disappearing with wear ; outer border with two moderately 

 large subterete cusps, the second not so large as first (the 

 discrepancy greater in ni^ than in the other teeth) and two or 



