198 MANIDAE. 



Mauis gigantea 7 + 14 + 5 + 4 -f 27 = 57 

 » temminckii 7-^12 + 5 + 3 + 21 = 48 

 » longicaudata 7 + 13 + 6 + 2 + 38*) = more than 70. 

 » tricuspis 7 + 13 + 6 + 2 + 41 = 69. 

 I cannot make out whether the hindmost part of the 

 sternum presents the curious elongated shape, processus 

 xipfioideus , in a,ll the species, I can only confirm it for 

 Manis longicaudata apd gigantea. It is always cartilagi- 

 nous and thus easily severed when the skeleton is being 

 prepared. Guy (1. c. p. 532) has found it in Manis longi- 

 caudata , and also ii^ tricuspis (trideritata Guy) and tem- 

 minckii. Cuvier figures it in the skeletpn of his Pangolin a 

 courte queue. It thvi^ is very probable that it will turn 

 out to be peculia,r to all the species of the Genus Manis. 

 A hitherto unmentioped fact is that the vertebrae of the 

 tail of M. longicaudata and javanica present no trace of hae- 

 mapophyses , meanwhile these bones are very well developed 

 in the other skeletons which I examined and also in Cu- 

 vier's figure of the skeleton of M. crassicaudata. It must 

 be remembered that in all the species the phalanges bearing 

 the claws are bifid {Manis ceonyx apud Rafinesque). 



The skulls in the different species present very striking 

 difl'erences , but J believe it to be prudent to obstain from 

 conclusions, until a more complete collection of fuUgrown 

 specimens of each species can be compared. 



As to the synonymy I have only to add that the des- 

 criptions given by Brissoij , Linnaeus , Erxleben , Desmarest 

 and others are generally so short and incorrect and the 

 localities so confused , that I pass them over in silence , 

 although I will always endeavour to preserve specific na- 

 mes given by thpse authors, when it is in any way pos- 

 sible. 



1) Tail incomplete, tip wanting. According to Cuvier there are 47 caudales. 



JN'otes trom the I^eydon Museum, Vol. IV. 



