DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 25 
The ‘ridge-formula’ in these specimens yields the same ciphers as 
are found to hold in the Italian specimens; and they agree in the 
other characters of a broad crown, with low ridges and thick plates of 
enamel. 
Figs. 5 and 5 a.—Elephas meridionalis. A finely preserved entire 
specimen of the antepenultimate or first true molar, lower jaw, left side, 
composed of eight principal ridges, with front and back talons. The 
six anterior ridges are worn. The discs of the first three ridges are 
wide and open, but irregularly indented, with a tendency to mesial 
expansion, and surrounded by margins of thick enamel, which is 
vertically channelled externally, and slightly crimped; the posterior 
ridges show the apices of six or seven digitations ; the interspaces filled 
with cement between the ridges are open, and the ridges well apart. 
The dimensions are :— 
Length of crown, 5°3in. Width in front, 1°6in. Width behind, 2°3in. Height 
of the seventh plate, 2°5 in. 
One of the distinctive characters of the species, namely, the low 
height of the crown in reference to the breadth, is well exhibited. 
The specimen is dark-colonred and heavy, from ferruginous infiltration, 
It was discovered at Mundesley, and belonged to Mr. 8. Woodward 
(Norwich Museum, No. 8). 
Figs. 6 and 6 a.—Elephas meridionalis. Another left lower ante- 
penultimate true molar of a larger individual, and more advanced in 
wear. ‘The crown presents a front talon and eight ridges, all of them 
worn; the discs are wide and open, and the vallecular interspaces 
are also wide; the enamel edges thick, and in some of the plates 
disposed to slight crimping, with irregular angular expansion. The 
annular dises of the seventh ridge are of large size. This tooth bears 
the large anterior fang. It is a very characteristic specimen of L. 
meridionalis. ‘The dimensions are :— 
Leneth of crown, 55 in. Width of crown at second ridge, 2°2 in. Width of 
crown behind, 2°65 in. Height of crown at seventh ridge, barely worn, 2:0 in. 
The specimen is hard, heavy, and dark-coloured, and is marked as 
having come from Mundesley (Norwich Museum, No. 7). 
Figs. 7 and 7 a.—Elephas meridionalis. A fragment comprising 
the anterior two-thirds of the penultimate or second true molar of the 
lower jaw, right side. It includes seven worn ridges. The discs of 
wear are wide, and separated by broad bands of cement; the rings of 
the digitations are large; the plates of enamel are thick, with angular 
flexures and deep channelling on the outer surface, but free from 
crimping. The specimen is black and heavy, and bears patches of 
marine incrustation. The dimensions are :— 
Extreme length, 5-2in. Width of crown at second ridge, 2°3in. Width of 
crown at seventh ridge, 2°9 in. 
No note was taken of the height of the last ridge. The specimen is 
without fangs, and, although distinctly of H. meridionalis, the number 
of ridges to the entire crown is not shown. This also belonged to Mr. 
S. Woodward, and is now in the Norwich Museum (No. 13), It has 
all the mineral appearance of the Mundesley and Happisburgh beds. 
Figs. 8 and 8 a.—Elephas meridionalis. The anterior portion of a 
lower right molar, comprising the remains of six well-worn ridges. It 
is figured to show the angular flexures that are sometimes seen when 
