14 SOLENODON PARADOXUS. 
Length 3 claw of 2d digit (over curvature) .. ..... =. | - 10.5 12 10 10 
3d digit (without claw) . . ie) dey oe hat ey, Pe ee ee 14 16 13 14 
“ claw of 3d digit (over Gunenae 28) eG Ae eee 10.5 12 10 10 
‘Ath diert (without: claw)! y-')) 1 ee ser ects es 14 16 12 14 
“ claw of 4th digit (over curvature) e+ ceil 8 eee 10.5 12 10.5 10 
“ 5th digit (without claw) . . . ES CEC gOS. -t ce 13.5 13 11 14 
“ claw of 5th digit (over OL SL wipe es eee ee 8.5 10 9 9.5 
Cranial measurements— An adult skull exhibits the following measure- 
ments: greatest length, 87; greatest median length, 82.8; basal length, 77; 
palatal length, 37; interorbital constriction, 15.8; breadth outside first incisors, 
10.5; breadth outside second premolars, 17; greatest width between outer 
molar margins, 24; greatest prezygomatic breadth, 34.7; greatest postzygo- 
matic breadth, 34; mastoid breadth, 27; occipital breadth, 19.7; maxillary 
toothrow (including incisors), 40; length of mandible, 58; greatest height at 
coronoid process, 26; length of mandibular toothrow, 35.5; width of condyle, 9; 
length of mandibular symphysis, 19. 
SUPERFICIAL BODY MUSCLES. 
The sterno-facialis is a thin sheet of muscular fibers arising from fasciae 
along the anterior part of the pectoralis. The fibers from opposite sides are 
somewhat interlaced on the throat. This sheet extends forward over the 
prominent thyroid glands to the mandibular symphysis and dorsally on to the 
sides of the face, becoming inserted by thin tendinous fibers into the skin of this 
region. 
The panniculus carnosus is extraordinarily developed and fiiceened over the 
dorsal region, where it forms a tough, mainly tendinous sheet about 2 mm. thick. 
This sheet is attached to the tips of the dorsal spines by thin strands of muscle 
and tendon and to the vertebral edge of each scapula and the posterior third of 
the scapular crest. A few slight strands of tissue connect it with the ecto- and 
ento-pectorales ventrally, and its main insertion, after dipping beneath the ecto- 
pectoralis, is upon the antero-internal side of the humerus about a centimeter 
distal to the head. This insertion is tendinous and some 6 mm. long. Antero- 
dorsally this great investing sheet is more or less continuous with the thin mus- 
cular and tendinous sheet of trapezius muscles that covers the top of the head 
and neck and inserts along the anterior length of the scapular spine. Posteriorly 
the panniculus merges into a thin sheet investing the thigh as far as the knee 
and backward around the base of the tail. It is everywhere closely connected 
to the skin. 
