518 CONEPATUS. 
Fig. 97. CONEPATUS (MARPUTIUS) TROPICALIS 
No. to115 Mus. Comp. Zo6él. Nat. size 
ous profile; tips of nasals slightly upturned; frontals prominent, and 
a depression behind orbits. 
Color. Black; two narrow white stripes from nape to hips; nuchal 
patch white, convex anteriorly; tail, basal portion black all around, 
reaching one-third the length above and one-half the length below. 
