DASYPUS. 



Dasypus novemcinctus hoplites G. M. Allen. 



Dasypus novemcinctus hoplites G. M. Allen, Bull. Mus. Comp. 



Zool., LIV, 1911, p. 195. 

 Type locality. Hills back of Gouyave, Grenada, Lesser Antilles. 



Dasypus novemcinctus texanus (Bailey). 



Tatu novemcinctum texanum Bailey, N. Am. Fauna, No. 25, 1905, 

 p. 52. Texas Armadillo. 



Type locality. Brownsville, Texas. 



Geogr. Dist. Southwestern Texas. 



Genl. Char. Similar to D. mexicanus; dentition heavier; lachry- 

 mal bone larger and more triangular, and plates on forehead and wrists 

 larger. Ex type in United States National Museum. 



Measurements. Total length, 800; tail vertebrae, 370; hind foot, 

 100. Skull: Basal length, 81; occipito-nasal length, 100; length of 

 nasals, 36; zygomatic breadth, 43; mastoid width, 29; length of 

 upper molar series, 27; of lower molar series, 27. Ex type in United 

 States National Museum. 



