1896.] IYOID BONES OF NESTOR AND NANODES. 239 
and were considered by our former Prosectors, Garrod! and 
Forbes ?. 
Their opinion was against its Lorine affinity, and in my work 
(now nearly complete) on the Lorup# I have excluded it from 
that family. 
Hyoid of Lathamus discolor. A. Dorsal aspect; B. Ventral aspect ; 
O. Lateral aspect. 
6, Basihyal. p. Parahyal process, ° 
e. Entoglossum. hb. Hypobranchial. 
ce. Cup-like concavity. eb. Ceratobranchial. 
al, Anterior lateral process. uw. Urohyal. 
pl. Posterior lateral process. 
The hyoid of Nanodes justifies these judgments, for the parahyal 
processes, though elongated, do not meet to form an arch, and the 
entoglossum is peculiar and different in form from those of the 
Loriipz previously examined. 
The basthyal (6) bears a singularly deep depression on its dorsal 
surface on either side just behind the origin of each parahyal 
process (p). The processes are long and slender, and curve 
slightly towards each other distally, but, as already said, do not 
1 See P. Z.S. 1873, pp. 466, 634, and 1874, p. 587. 
? See P. Z.S. 1879, pp. 168, 171, 174, pl. xvi. figs. 1, 2, 8, 10, 12. 
