466 Miscellaneous. 



cates three incisor teeth with the root of a relatively large maxillary 

 canine ; but the region of the molar teeth is lost. There is also a 

 posterior fragment of a skull, which makes known the bones of the 

 palate and the base of the brain-case seen from above. Enough is 

 shown to indicate Theriodont characters, but the animal appears to 

 diverge from the Theriodonts towards the Dicynodont type. If the 

 base of the skull belongs to the same individual as the snout, it 

 indicates a head nearly 4| inches long. 



The second specimen shows fourteen dorsal vertebrae, which occupy 

 a length of 5| inches ; each slightly exceeds T 3 ^ inch in length, so 

 that this animal, named Herpetocheirus brachycnemus, is similar in 

 size to the fossil previously described. 



The centrum is deeply biconcave. There is no indication of a 

 capitular articulation for the ribs. The ribs are slender, and the 

 longest are 2| inches in length. There is no trace of the trans- 

 verse expansion seen in Cynognathus, although the ribs preserved 

 indicate twenty dorsal vertebrae. The humerus is ly 6 ^ inch long 

 and is exposed on the superior aspect. It is distinguished from the 

 type already described by wanting the tuberosity on its inner distal 

 border, which has a convexly rounded contour. The radius is 

 stronger than the ulna, but there is no indication of an olecranon 

 process exposed. The ulna is no stouter than a rib. These bones 

 are an inch long. The carpus shows one large bone below the 

 radius ; there is a smaller bone on its outer side which corresponds 

 to the distal end of the ulna ; but there is no trace of a third bone 

 preserved, and there is only one central bone preserved. There are 

 three phalanges in a digit. The femur is 1-^ inch long ; its arti- 

 cular head appears to be small and hemispherical. There is a large 

 internal trochanter extending down the shaft, which corresponds 

 with the similarly placed ridge in the femur of Megalosaurs and 

 other Saurischia. 



The slender character of the ribs, which are different from those 

 in known Theriodonts, suggests the possibility that these remains 

 belong to a group distinct from both the Cynodontia and Gompho- 

 dontia. 



A small badly preserved fragment of a skull found near to this 

 fossil is described ; but there appears to be no sufficient evidence 

 for associating it with the other remains. — From the Proceedings of 

 the Royal Society. (Communicated by the Author.) 



Note on the Japanese Species of Cistelidae and Melandryidaa. 



The publication of the paper mentioned Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 ser. 6, vol. xiii. p. 483, with a plate of twelve figures, is unavoidably 

 postponed until 1895. 



