﻿76 r>R. J. MURIE ON THE THREE-BANDED ARMADILLO. 



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exist in Daspptis seccGinetus : the interment of tlie back of the neck is quite soft and 

 flexible, presenting only a few scattered longish hairs. 



Cephalic Shield.— This is ovoid in contour, the anterior end being pointed, and the 

 posterior end narrow and rounded. Its length is three inches, and its greatest width is 

 1-5 inch, the position of the greatest width being 2*3 inches from the anterior end. It 

 consists of a series of principal marginal scutes and scales, enclosing a number of central 

 scales, and flanked anteriorly by some lesser marginal scales. The principal marginal 

 scales are twenty in number. There is one in the middle line behind and one in the 

 middle line in front. The scales are in the main quadrilateral, the outer edges bein» 

 straight ; but there is a certain tendency to become pentagonal in front. The posterior 

 nine are larger than the others, and their inner edges are obliquely bevelled off. The 

 median scales are altogether ten in number ; four succeed each other in the middle line 

 from before backwards, without interruption; and two similarly occupy the anterior 

 portion of the space between the principal marginal scales : but a pair of scales meet in 

 the middle line between the first and last-mentioned series ; and another pair of scales are 

 placed between the third and fourth, counting from behind forwards, and the marginal 

 scales. The hindermost median scale is rounded behind and at the sides, and has a 

 straight anterior margin. The second is nearly square, inclining to be hexagonal. The 

 third is nearly triangular, and the fourth lozenge-shaped. The surface of these median 

 scalers is much more distinctly granulated than that of the posterior marginal scales. The 

 secondary lateral scutes are small, and skirt the anterior third of the lateral edges of the 

 shield. There are five on the right side, and four on the left ; they are longer than thej 

 are deep, and are moderately smooth on the surface K 



Scapular Shield.-ThQ scapular shield has seven complete transverse rows of scutes. 

 Tlic first anterior row fringes the margins of the anterior aperture of the shield, which 

 lias the form of an arch 2-3 inches high and I'S wide. The second row from the front runs 

 strictly parallel with the first. The third row is parallel with the second. In the fourth 

 row the middle plate is thrown a little backwards by the meeting of the next two plates 

 th ^"^^A r* ' ^"^^ ^^® ^^^^""^^ portions of this fourth row are separated from the third at 

 Th f m! ^^^ ^^tercalation of four incomplete rows between the fourth and the third. 



e nith row meets the fourth at the margin ; but between the mardn and centre there 



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lecUoa the vortin«l L ^A ^'"'''P^^^^S differences of the plates of which it is composed. In the ITataco of our col 

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plates 

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plates between the eyes, and, furthermore, four symmetrical ones in siDgle 

 St four occipitalTn"' ^"^ '''^ ^i^^^^mference of the central group there are nine plates, on each side of which 

 over each eye, andTur T ^^^ '^^''^''^ ^""^^ ^""^ projecting. Besides there are five very diminutive orbi»l 

 we forty-fon^ plate'"''-'' 1 ^^^^ ^^'^^^''' °'' ^^^^ ^'^^ anterior to the eyes forwards towards the nares. In a"' 

 her species of LuL 1 ^^^^^-s^ield, which is 2| inches long and 1| inch wide at its posterior part ^^ 



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