1867.] 



DR. J. MUUIE ON PHASCOLOMYS PLATYRHINUS. 



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Scapula of the three species of Wombat. Two-thirds nat. size. 

 Fig. 4. P. latifrons. Fig. 5. P. wombat. Fig. 6. P. plutyrhinus. 



The scapular spine is likewise more arched and higher in the Broad 

 fronted Wombat than in the common species, the curvature com- 

 mencing closer to the base, rising almost two-tenths higher opposite 

 to the root of the neck, and falling again as it forms the acromion, 

 which last is much more elongated, and ends at the clavicle in a 



