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1. Cheloniscus tricinctus. 



Tolypeutes tricinctus, Gray, Cat. Carniv. dc. p. 386, f. 46 (skull). 



Fitz., Sitzungsb. AJcad. d. Wissen. Wien. 1871, p. 369. 



730 a. Animal, stuffed. Head and body, 14 in. 

 b. SkuU. 49, 3, 13, 1. 



Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 379, f. ; Cat. p. 386, f. 4—6. 



S. America. 49, 3, 12, 1. 



2. TOLYPEUTES. 



Head-shield narrow, produced beliind, with two shields, one beliind 

 the other in the centre. 



The dorsal shield of T. conurus is quite free from the body of the 

 animal, except in three places, where it is united to it by the skin of 

 the animal, which from these tliree places extends over the whole of 

 the inner surface of the disk ; 1st, over the back of the neck, which 

 is united over the front end of the scapular disk ; 2nd, on the sides of 

 the body to the outer ends of the three medial dorsal rings ; 3rd, at 

 the pelvis, wliich is united to the caudal end of the pelvic disk, 

 leaving the tail free. (See Ann. & Mag. of Nat. Hist. 1873, May). 



1. Tolypeutes conurus, Gray, Cat. Carniv. dc. p. 386. 

 Dasypus coniu-us, Giebel, Zeitsch. 1861, f. 2, of t. iii. iv. v. (skull, 

 lower jaw much broader than in our specimen). 

 Sphaerocormus conurus, Fitz. I. c. p. 376. 



140 a. Animal, stuffed ; adult. 



Tatusia tricincta, Gray, Cat. Mamm. 1843, p. 189. 



S. America. 1837. Presented by Capt. Fitzroy. 



140 e. Animal, stuffed. Head and body, 14^ in. 

 S. America. 



140 /. Animal, not stuffed ; male, adult. 

 S. America. 



140 g. Animal, not stuffed ; male, adult. 



S. America. 

 140 h. Animal, stuffed ; female. Head and body, 12 in. 

 SkuU of " 7^." 



S. America. 



140 b. Dorsal shield, head, and tail. 

 T. tricmcta. Gray. Cat. Mam. 1843. 

 S. America. 



140 c. Dorsal shield, head, and tail, 14^ in. 

 T. tricincta, Gray, Cat. Mam. 1843. 

 S. America. 41, 602. 



140 d. Skull, fi'ontal and dorsal shield. 

 S. America. 



