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IfyJ ni]u.i:TiN .M, uNiTi:i> s'I'ati.s national mi skum. 



Miaxiniiiii iil-^, ill iihliin. 



III. Liu. In. Lin 



Lci)i;tli: lli'iiil — (Jontiniitd. 



M«!a.siire(liiIoii};iixisnflioil.v- .' 11 |j Dist.'uicf lift ween itiiicr ims- 



Froiii Hiirtiit lo j;:i|if (on ' trils 'J 



front.) •'■' '•'■•''I-' 



From snout to j,nil;ii- l'<il<l "^ | lli'it;iit of tiiii wliiTc lii,nlic.st 



From snout to !irnii>il 1 . "•'> lircinllli 



From ."iuont to}j;roin - -^ IJinlis: 



Free |iortiiHi of loners! (iii- 



'J. 5 



From .snout to center ot ;ni;il 



slit 



Heu.l: 



Wi.ltiiorlieail 



WiiltlioCtoii^riic 



Leiifftli of orliit 



Distance Itefvvcen eyes .'in- 

 teriorly 



Di.stnnri^ lietweeii outer nos- 

 trils 



1. ') 



II. /.; 

 ;!. 7." 



From elliow to tip of loiij;est 



'■'llifer 7. •.'." 



I''iei' portion of loii;jest toe.. 'J. 7ri 



From liiiee to tip of lon|!;est 



1 1 le H. ,"i 



nist.ince liet wi'cil ontslrtMeli- 



I'll toes M '1.1 



No. 4701 ; oii('.siu'(!iiiHMi : Kort Tcjoii, CmI.; .loliii Xaiitus, 

 ;->TI';i;i:()CillLlIS Vn\n\ 



Churacicr. — Toiis'iic attaclicd alono- tin' mt'diaii line to \\\v aiilnior 

 iiiiir^tii; toes l-"*; prciiiaxillaiy l)()iit'.s (•iiiilliiciit, witli a .siiii|)|»> .spiiu', 

 witlioiit fontaiK'llt'. 



Tliis oeims isreincsciitcd l).v Itiit one species ol llie aiistioripariaii «lis- 

 ti'ict of the iioarctic; i'(';iii)ii. It is cvidciilly oi'atpiatii! Iialtits, iiml is oi 

 larvaliko proportions and appcaiMiicc, but lias tiie craiiiiiiii (iill.v <!«' 

 veloped and in some respects more .solidly than its allies. In tin' only 

 skeleton I liave examined the prelrontal is jncsent on one side and 

 wantiii}? on the other. The premaxillary l)oneislike that ol nesmo<,Mia- 

 thn.s, while the toniiiie is slightly (Veer than in IMethodon. The species 

 exhibits weak extremities. It is Inmi southeast (Jeorj;ia, and is (piite 

 rare. 



Costal ])lie:i', 17; i'liinL;;;te. Iieail narrow, wiiltli more tli;ii. .■-even times to 

 ;;roin, iiioie tlian twiee to a\ill,i; no eantlins rosiiali--; l.iil conipre.sseil 

 from (lase, liiMie '. ; -.iiall; pale yellow, browti lineil S. iiianjiiiiiliis. 



STKIJF.ncHILtl.S MAKCINATI'S Ilallowell. 



rseiidolrilnii iuuriiiiintiix Hallow., Pr(>eeccl. Ae. N,it. Sei. I'liila.. Ifrifi, p. i:!(t. 

 .S/ic/iryx'.f mar<iiiintiis Slrancli, Salam., i), 8:{; I!oiileiij;er, Cat. Matr. (ir.iil. iSiil. Miis. 

 eil. II, I--,', p. (11. 



This is a well-marked and peculiar species, tuid not iieariy allied to 

 any other. The head is more tlian usually clonfj^atc, Wsth piojectin^', Hat, 

 trniieate muzzle. The K^'t'eral dimensions o! the reail are small : the 

 interorbital space is narrow tind nearly plane, its wiiltli betwciMi tiie an- 

 terior cauthi of the orbits not <piite 1.5 the lony;itudiiinl diameter of tlio 



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