LONCHERES. 383 
75. Loneheres. 
l=; P.—; M== = vo. 
it | =I aa | 
Loncheres Illig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Av., 1811, p. 90. Type 
S*) 
Myoxus chrysurus Zimm.=Echinomys cristatus Desmarest. 
Lonchetes Billberg, Syn. Faun. Scandinav., 1, 1828, Mamm., Con- 
spectus A. 
Palate long, narrow, V-shaped posteriorly; nasals long, broad 
anteriorly, decreasing in width to posterior end, which is truncate 
and on a line with the premaxille; rostrum deep; interorbital con- 
striction moderate; braincase broad anteriorly, narrowing slightly 
towards occipital region; zygomata parallel with axis of skull, nearly 
straight, the jugal composing most of the arch; bulle large, swollen 
slightly, oblique; interpterygoid fossa broad, widest posteriorly; 
hamular processes of pterygoids long, abutting the bulla; upper 
ONO YO ODaLS 
Fic. 71. LONCHERES LABILIS. 
Mus. Comp. Zodl. Coll. Nat. size. 
UPPER TOOTH ROW, LOWER TOOTH ROW. 
Enlarged 3 times. Enlarged 3 times. 
