MANIS TRrCÜSPIS. *209 



1. An individual from unknown locality. Frank. 1877. 

 Long: head and body 37 cm., tail 50.5 cm. Tail: mar- 

 ginal scales 36 , above 31X3 and 5X2 scales. — 2. 

 Half-grown individual. Gold-coast, Dabocrom. Pel. 1846. 

 Long: head and body 30 cm., tail 41 cm. Tail: margi- 

 nal scales 37 , above 33 X ^ and 4X2 scales. — 3. Young 

 specimen. Gold-coast, Dabocrom. Pel. 1846. Long: head 

 and body 22.5 cm., tail 28 cm. Tail: marginal scales 

 36 , above 30 X 3 and 6X2 scales. — 4. Young female 

 (in spirits). Gold-coast. Nagtglas. Long: head and body 

 19 cm., tail 27 cm. Tail: marginal scales 37, above 

 31x3 and 6X2. — 5. Young male (in spirits). Liberia , 

 Sofore-place , Buluma. Büttikofer and Sala. 22 febr. 1881. 

 Long: head and body 12 cm., tail 14.5 cm. Tail: mar- 

 ginal scales 34 , above 31 X 3 and 3X2 scales. 



6. Skeleton of N°. 2. 



7. Skull of N°. 1. 



Itecapitutafion. 



26 — 8 — 6 — 7 

 P. S. Mr. Oldfield Thomas kindly imforms me that the 

 four specimens of Manis from Nepaul by Hodgson have 

 the body covered with 15 or 17 longitudinal series of sca- 

 les. My hypothesis (see page 201) is therefore untenable, 

 as it appears that Gray ascribed 13 longitudinal series to 

 specimens with 15 or 17 series! The only species of J/a- 

 nis living in Nepaul thus is Manis aurita Hodgson. 



Notes t'roLu the Leyden Museum, Vol. IV. 



