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bony septa, forming a support to the exterior table. The sphenoidal 

 sinuses were of large size. 



The nasal cavity occupied the two anterior thirds of the skull, and 

 the ossa spongiosa were proportionably developed. 



The condyles of the occiput were remarkstble for their great extent 

 in the vertical direction, and the inferior and posterior parts of the 

 articular surface meet at an acute angle ; a structure which enables 

 the Giraffe to elevate the head into a line with the neck, and even to 

 incline it slightly backwards. 



Four longitudinal rows of flattened processes projected from the 

 inner surface of the uterus, showing that the foetus is developed in 

 the Giraffe by means of a cotyledonous subdivided placenta, as in 

 other horned Ruminants, and not, as in the Camel, by an uniform 

 vascular villosity of the chorion. 



February 13th, 1838. — William Yarrell, Esq., in the Chair. 



Mr. Martin exhibited an insectivorous animal which had fallen un- 

 der his observation in examining a collection of specimens, presented 

 some time since to the Museum, by the late Wilham Telfair, Esq. 



In the Zoological Proceedings for March 12th and July 9th, 1833, 

 reference is made to a letter of Mr. Telfair's, accompanying a very 

 young insectivorous animal, known to the natives of Madagascar by 

 the name " Sokinah," and which Mr. Telfair was disposed to refer to 

 the genus Centenes. The above specimen being only seventeen days 

 old, its characters could not be satisfactorily determined ; but the pre- 

 sent animal, which Mr. Martin considers to be the adult of the same 

 species, appears to be more nearly related to the genus Erinaceus than 

 Centenes ; but at the same time it differs so materially in the charac- 

 ter of its dentition, as to warrant the establishment of a new genus 

 for its reception. Mr. Martin therefore proposed to characterize it 

 under the generic appellation of Echinops, with the specific title of 

 E. Telfairi, in memory of the lamented and zealous Corresponding 

 Member of the Society from whom it had been received. 



Echinops. 

 Corpus supemfe spinis densis obtectum. 

 Rostrum bre\'iusculum. 

 Rhinarium, aures, caudaque ut in Erinaceo. 



Denies primores f , superiorum duobus intermediis longissimis, 

 discretis, cylindraceis, antrorstim versis ; proximis minoribus. 



Canini ~q. 



Molares ^; utrinseciis antico l""" supra, et 3^"^ infrk spuriis ; re- 

 liquis, ultimo supr^ excepto, tricuspidatis, angustis, transversun 



