168 Leodicidm from Fiji and Samoa* 



sides united in pairs by a V-shaped connection (text-fig. 68 shows one-half of the jaw). 

 In the basal portion of each row the plates are closely united, looking like a series of 

 vertebra?. At about the middle of the series (plate 8, fig. 6) the plates reach their 

 greatest development. Each has a bifurcated base and a rather heavy fang. Along 

 one edge of the fang is a plate-like protrusion with a row of teeth along its margin. 

 In the view drawn the teeth appear as if on the margin of the fang, but in reality they 

 are on a plate set at an angle to the fang and pointed away from the observer. At 

 the apex of the row the plates become smaller and the teeth disappear (plate 8, fig. 5). 

 The inner row is a little shorter than the outer. The mandible (plate 8, fig. 7) is 

 black, each half with teeth along the anterior margin and small plates lateral to the 

 apex. Apparently the number of these plates is not constant. 



