5. DIOPLODON. 



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" The head is 2 feet 5| inches long 

 and 14 inches across at the widest 

 part ; the lower jaw 2 feet 3 inches 

 long and 6| inches high behind the 

 tooth. The left tooth measures 6 inches 

 in length, 3| inches in width, and is 

 1| inch thick [not well represented in 

 the figure]. The space between the 

 teeth measures 7^ inches. The limbs 

 are very imperfect ; all the smaller 

 bones are missing ; and there is only 

 a part of one scapula. I did not find 

 the pelvic bones. 



" This animal was captured about 

 a year ago, near Lord Howe's Island." 

 —Krefft, P. Z. S. 1870, p. 426. 



Fig. 11. 



THE END, 



Dioplodon sechellensis, 



