298 Mv. D. M. S. Wafpon on 



regions of tlie skull and lower jaw ; and, altliougli so much 

 is mivsin^ tliat the contacts are lost, these fragments add 

 considerahly to our knowledge. 



The material is in excellent condition, nearly all the sutures 

 ])eing visible, some with very great clearness ; it is al>o 

 excellently prepared*. 



Basis cranii. 

 The basioccipital condyle is largely concealed by the 



Fio-. 1. 





VanniD^fotrnx aciitiror^tris^ i^roili. Tvjm; ppccinirli, X 1. Tlie postoj-iur 

 part of the sliuU vieAvt-d I'rom U'lovv, witli tlic articiihir rt'yions 

 rf])laced as nearly in tlie natural jxisition as possible. 



Art., arliciiLir: 1 *..()(•., Ijasinocipilal ; I '..Si-., I)a«ispliciinid ; 1*. Akt., pre- 

 articuiar; I't., jjteryfroid ; (^u,, quadrate ; (.I'r..).:', quad nit u-jugal r" ; 

 St., stupes ; Suu.Ang., suran-^ular. 



atlas, which is in jiosition : tlic condyle is, howevoi', obviously 

 siugle and slightly jxdunciihitc ; on the lower surface the 



* 8inre tliis paper was written, I'rof. Rroili lias pultlislied an excellent 

 new account of the structure of the anterior ])art of tim skull, which 

 should be n-tV-rred to in connection with the pre.'-eut paper (Central, f. 

 Min. itc, rJl4, iN(K 1). 



