1871.] MR. ST. GEORGE MIVART ON IIEMICENTETES. 73 



not ending posteriorly in an excavation of the basis cranii ; a slightly 

 marked prominence at the inferior margin of the mandible, a 

 little in front of the angle of the jaw ; posterior palatine framina 

 rather large ; no defects of ossification in the palate ; anterior 

 incisors very strongly bilobed ; canines small ; apex of lower canine 

 not received into a fossa ; first premolar above and below like the 

 adjacent canine ; second premolar, both above and below, separated 

 from the first premolar by a larger interval than that which divides 

 the first premolar from the canine ; molars with the antero-posterior 

 diameter greatly exceeding the transverse diameter of the same tooth ; 

 posterior prism of lower molars almost aborted. Fifteen or sixteen 

 dorsal vertebrae ; no os intermedium ; scaphoid and semilunar bones 

 distinct ; pubic symphysis very small, sometimes widely open. 

 Hab. Madagascar. 



Ericulus*, Is. Geoff. 



I- j^Z2> P.M. pqj. No interorbital constriction ; posterior margin 

 of palate not thickened, and projecting much backwards beyond the 

 last molars ; mesopterygoid fossa ending posteriorly in an excava- 

 tion of the basis cranii ; no glenoid foramen ; no defects of ossifica- 

 tion in palate ; posterior palatine foramen small ; ascending ramus 

 of mandible only slightly concave externally ; canines not much 

 elongated ; second upper premolar shaped like the true molars ; 

 scaphoid and semilunar bones separate ; an os intermedium. Sixteen 

 dorsal and seven lumbar vertebrae ; cervical spines rudimentary. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



EcHiNOPsf, Martin. 



I. gEg, P.M. ™. No interorbital constriction ; posterior margin 

 of palate not thickened, and projecting a little beyond last molars ; 

 mesopterygoid fossa not ending posteriorly in an excavation of the 

 basis cranii ; posterior palatine foramen small ; ascending ramus of 

 mandible only slightly concave externally ; first upper incisor much 

 larger than the second ; canines not much elongated ; second upper 

 premolar shaped like the true molars. 



Hab. Madagascar. 



Solenodon %, Brandt. 

 !• 2^2> P«M. j^. Skull not very cylindrical; cranium some- 



* Is. Geoff. Mag. de Zool. 1839, p. 25; De Blainville, ' Insectivores,' pi. vi. 

 & x. ; Wagner, Schreb. Supplem. ii. pp. 33 & 551, & v. p. 584 ; Peters, Mo- 

 natsber. Akad. Wissen. Berlin, 1865, p. 286. 



t Martin, Trans. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 249, pi. xlvi.; Peters (Echinogale), Mo- 

 natsbr. Akad. W. Berlin, 1865, p. 286 ; Wagner {Echinogale), Schreb. Supplem. 

 ii. pp. 30 & 549, v. p. 585. 



\ Brandt, Mem. de Petersb. 1833, 6th series, ii. ; F. Poey, ' Memorias sobra 

 la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba,' i. Habana, 1851, p. 23 ; Peters, Abhand- 

 lungen der K. Akad. der Wissen. zu Berlin, 1864, p. 1, pis. 1-3; De Blainville, 

 ' Insectivores,' p. 53, pis. v. &ix. ; Owen, ' Odontography,' pi. exi. fig. 1 ; Wagner, 

 Schreb. Supplem. ii. p. 79, v. p. 566. 



