276 CROCODILID A. 
a,b. Ad. & her., stffd. Ganges. F. P. Holloway, Esq. [P.]. 
ce. Her., stffd. River Jumna, Major Kamptie [P.]. 
near Muthra. 
d. Yg., stffd. Nepal. 
e, Ad., skull. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 
f. Ad., skull (without Poonah. Dr, Leith [P.]. 
lower jaw). 
g. Yg., spir, India. Mrs. Mauger [P. ]. 
h. Yg., spir. India. 
a Yg., stfid. India. 8. P. Pratt, Esq. [P.]. 
k, l,m. Yg., stfid. India. 
n. Ad., skull. India. Capt. Oriel [P.]. 
o. Ad., skull (imperfect). India. F. Day, Esq. [P.]. 
p. Her., skull. India. Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 
q,7, 8, ¢. Ad. & yg., skulls. India. 
2. TOMISTOMA. 
Mecistops, part., Gray, Cat. Tort. Se. p. 57 (1844). 
Tomistoma, S. Miiller, Arch. f. Nat. 1846, p. 122; Gray, Cat. Sh. 
Rept. ii. p. 6 (1872). 
Rhynchosuchus, Hualey, Jowrn. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 16 (1860). 
Gavialis, part., Strauch, Syn. Crocod, p. 62 (1866). 
20 or 21 upperand 18 or 19 lower teeth on each side, the laterals 
received into interdental pits; fifth maxillary tooth largest *; man- 
dibular teeth, first and fourth fitting into notches in the upper jaw. 
Snout very narrow and elongate ; nasal bones not extending to the 
nasal opening, but in contact with the preemaxillaries ; nasal opening 
smaller than the supratemporal fossee; a small anterior bony plate 
in the upper eyelid. Mandibular symphysis very long, extending 
to the 14th or 15th tooth, comprising the splenial bones. A dorsal 
shield formed of four longitudinal series of juxtaposed, keeled, bony 
scutes. 
Borneo. 
1. Tomistoma schlegelii. 
Crocodilus (Gavialis) schlegelii, S, Miiller, Tijdschr, v. Nat. en 
Physiol. v. p. 77, pl. iii. (1838); Schleg. § Mill. in Temminck, 
Verh. Nat. Nederl. Ind., Rept. p. 18, pls. i-iii. (1844) ; Blain. 
Ostéogr. Rept. (1864). 
Mecistops journei, part., Gray, Cat. Tort. Sc. p. 58 (1844). 
Rhynchosuchus schlegelii, Hualey, Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. p. 18 (1860). 
Gavialis schlegelii, Strauch, Syn. Crocod. p. 62 (1860). 
Tomistoma schlegelii, Gray, Trans. Zool. Soc. vi. p. 134 (1867), and 
Cat. Sh. Rept. ii. p. 6 (1872). 
Snout thrice to thrice and a half as long as broad at the base. 
Nuchal and dorsal scutes forming a single continuous shield, com- 
* The young have five teeth in each premaxilla like the Gavial and all 
young Crocodilians except Caiman trigonotus and palpebrosus ; the second tooth 
disappears with age, as normally in Crocodilus cataphractus, niloticus, and 
porosus. 
