xin.] EDENTATA. 207 



In another species of the same genus, M. Tamandua, 

 there is a second similar but smaller sinus, anterior to this, 

 in the side of the palatine bone. 



The mandible is very long and slender, with an exceed- 

 ingly short symphysis, no distinct coronoid process, and 

 a slightly elevated, elongated, flattened, condylar articular 

 surface. 



The anterior cornu of the hyoid is very long and slender. 

 Its proximal end is ligamentous, and its distal portion con- 

 tains two distinct ossifications. The thyrohyals become 

 united by bone to the very narrow basihyal. 



The skull of the little Tree Anteater (Cydothurus didac- 

 tylus) besides being shorter, and much arched in the longi- 

 tudinal direction, differs mainly from that of Myrmecofihaga 

 in not having the long canal of the posterior nares closed 

 by bone below, as neither the pterygoids nor the greater 

 part of the palatines meet in the middle line. The tym- 

 panic is more bullate. The mandible has a prominent, 

 narrow, recurved coronoid, and a well-developed angular 

 process ; it is strongly curved downwards in front. 



In the Armadillos of the restricted genus Dasypus, in- 

 cluding D. sexcinctus, villosus, and minutus, the cranial 

 portion of the skull is broad and depressed ; the facial 

 portion triangular, pointed in front, and much depressed. 

 The anterior narial orifice is small, terminal, and directed 

 forwards and downwards. There is a completely ossified 

 tympanic bulla, ankylosed with the rest of the skull, per- 

 forated on the inner side by the carotid canal, and con- 

 tinued externally into an elongated bony meatus auditorius, 

 with its aperture directed upwards and backwards. The 

 zygoma is complete. The pterygoids are small, and send 

 no horizontal plates inwards to complete the bony palate, as 

 i in the Anteater. The mandible has a well-marked ascending 



