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the inferior one large, conical, and subarcuated ; molars remote, 

 with one elongated tubercle ; second molar short ; next four 

 cuspid, conical, and elongated ; lower molars with one tubercle ; 

 first and second short, third sub-elongated, the fourth tubercu- 

 lated and elongated, fifth gradually shortening, and sixth and 

 seventh large, with acute tubercles ; head elongated, laterally 

 compressed; muzzle much produced, the upper jaw being con- 

 siderably longer than the undei'; ears roimd, prominent, and 

 naked ; eyes small ; whiskers very long ; tongue smooth ; body 

 rather robust ; tail long, naked, and scaly ; feet with five toes, 

 furnished with strong hooked nails, which are retractile ; the 

 Ihree centre toes longer than the others ; hind legs very long, 

 fore legs short. 



Gymmtra Rafflesii. — Raffles's Gymnura. — Plate VI**. 

 fig. 6. — Body robust ; head large ; muzzle much elongated ; hair 

 on the whole body setose, mingled with soft fur ; tail naked ; 

 claws retractile. Length of body upwards of fourteen inches; 

 tail ten inches and a quarter. Inhabits Sumatra. 



Germs 5. — Parameles. — Geoffroy. 



Generic Character Incisory teeth 'g" or ^^, canines j-}, grin- 

 ders J-|, or |-g ; total 50. The last incisors on each side of 

 the upper jaw very long ; those of the lower divided by a 

 groove ; canine teeth long ; grinders acutely tubercular ; head 

 very long ; fore feet with five distinct toes, the three middle 

 longest, and the thumb merely rudimentary ; hind feet longer 

 than the fore, and having four toes only, two of which are in- 

 ternal, very small, united and enveloped in the skin, the claws 

 only being seen ; the third very long, with a strong claw, and 

 the outer one very small ; tail long and pointed, thick at the 

 base and naked beneath ; not prehensile. 



Parameles nasuta. — The Long-Nosed Pouched Para- 

 meles — Plate XV*. fig. I. — Fur grayish-brown above, and 

 white beneath ; head long; muzzle slender and produced. Cut- 

 ting teeth 10. Inhabits New Holland. 



Division II. — Cutting teeth «, the lower very long; in the 

 under jaw the canines are very small, and in some none. 



Genus 6 — Ph alangista. — Geoffroy. 

 Generic Character.— InckoK J, canines J-^ or none, faha 



