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beliind very broad. Foreliead convex, strongly constricted behind. 

 Nose short, depressed, rather broad. Nasal bones broad, as wide 

 before as behind ; intermaxillaries scarcely half as long as the distance 

 fi'om the end of the nose to the first grinder. Lachrymal bone large, 

 subtiiangnlar, nearly as high as long, on the upper edge ; front and 

 lower edge arched, gradually contracted towards the liinder part on or 

 just below the lateral keel. Temporal fossae moderate, short, higher 

 than long. 



a. Animal, stuffed. 



911 e. Skull of " a," t. f. 46, 5, 13, 16. 

 Eio Janeiro. Clausen. 44, 3, 7, 2. 



911 e. Skull, 3| in. 



Bolivia. Bridges. 46, 5, 13, 16. 



6. Tatusia leptocephala. 



Head-sjiield and scutella of side of head unknown. Skull long and 

 slender, gradually tapering in front. Nasal slender, elongate. Inter- 

 maxillaries rather less than half the length of the distance from the 

 end of the nose to the front tooth. Forehead convex, rounded. 

 Lachrymal bone small, triangular above in front ; very strongly 

 keeled on the side, and concave below. Temporal fossae small, sub- 

 circular ; incomplete behind. 



911 c. Skeleton without dorsal or head shields. 

 Brazils. 47, 4, 6, 2. 



7. Tatusia boliviensis. 



Animal unknown. 



Lachrymal bone truncated and slightly rounded in front, the lower 

 Bide keeled. The nasal bones linear, very shghtly broader in front. 

 The brain-case contracted and impressed with a groove across the 

 crown, at the upper part of the zygomatic cavity, which is short. 



911 d. Skull. 



Bohvia. Bridges. 



911 a. Skull and skeleton; very like " 911 cZ" m general form, but 

 the impressed line across the forehead is not so distinct, the zygo- 

 matic arch is longer, and the sutui'e between the squamal and frontal 

 bone is more in advance. 



>J^^ 2. PEAOPUS, Gray, Cat. p. 379. 



^\ tv-^^ Face attenuated. Nose elongate-conical. Hinder part of palate 



of skull broad, concave, with raised edges on the side. The tail thick 

 at the base, attenuated, the shields on the upper part, especially of 

 the four or five basal rings, convex, and prominent on the huider edge, 

 the upper medial shields of the three hinder bands, especially of the 

 hindermost one, much shorter and smaller than the lateral shields. 



1. Praopus Kappleri. 



Tatusia Kappleri, Gray, Cat. Carniv. <£c. p. 379. 

 Dasypus Kappleri,' Krauss, Arch, filr Naturg. 1862, p. 24 ; FU%. 

 I, c, p. 356, t. iii. figs. 1 & 2 (skuU). 



