308 DR. A. LEITH ADAMS ON A FOSSIL MYOXUS. 



of the fossiliferous deposit of the Mnaidra-gap, there is evidence of a wholesale destruc- 

 tion of this animal at all stages of its existence, from the unborn to the aged. And 

 from the circumstance that the same conditions are found to obtain with the associated 

 Elephantine remains, it may be concluded that the destruction of both was due to 

 something more than the ordinary process of decay. Again, the very fragmentary 

 condition of the bones found in the stalagmitic deposits of the Malak cave seems to 

 indicate that they had been introduced into it by carnivorous mammals or birds. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE LIV. 



Fig. 1. Side view of the skull of Myoxus meUtensis. 



Fig. 2, Coronal view of the skull of the same individual. 



Fig. 3. Base of skull. 



Fig. 4. Lower jaw of the same individual. 



Fig. 5. Molars of upper jaw, magnified to four times the natural size. 



Fig. 6. Incisor. 



Fig. 7. Lower jaw of a young individual, the molars just appearing. 



Figs. 8, 9. Humerus. 



Fig. 10. Scapula. 



Fig. 11. Articulating surface. 



Figs. 12, 13. Femur. 



Fig. 14. Tibia. 



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N.B. Except in fig. 5 all the parts are represented of the natural size. 



