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dorsally, and are bont back upon the metapodials. The humerus has 

 no entcpicondylar foramen, and there is no third trochanter to the 

 femur. The cranium is unknown. In one genus (Ancylotherium) 

 the first and second phalangeals of the manus were anchylosed. 



Genus MACROTHERIUM, Lartet 1 . 



This is the type genus. In the type species, teeth were apparently 

 present. The terminal phalangeals form short, thick claws, which 

 were of enormous size in the manus. 



Macrotherium sindiense, Lydekker 2 . 

 Syn. Manis sindiensis, Lydekker 3 . 



This species is smaller than M. giganteum, and, judging from the 

 one phalangeal, apparently presents characters intermediate between 

 Manis and the latter. It has been suggested that it may have been 

 the ancestor of Manis. 



Hob. India. 



M. 2962 a. Cast of the second phalangeal of the third (?) digit of 

 the manus. The original (fig. 25), which is the type 



Fig. 25. 



Macrotherium sindiense. The second phalangeal of the third (?) digit of the 

 manus, viewed from the anterior and distal aspects ; from the Lower 

 Siwaliks of Sind. j. 



and only known specimen, and is preserved in the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta, was obtained from the Lower 



1 Annuaire du Departement du Gers, 1839; teste Lartet 'Notice sur la 

 Colline de Sansan,' p. 22 (1851). The name does not occur in the 'Comptes 

 Eendus,' vol. iv. p. 90 (1837), which is the passage commonly quoted as the 

 authority. 



2 Palseontologia Ind ica (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. i. p. 82 (1876). 

 Manis. 



3 Loc. cit. 



