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skull (text-figs. 32 &. 33, A) obtained by Mr. Styan at Ichang is 

 compared with an adult male skull of £J. michianus from ISTingpo 

 (No. 78.11.14.3) (text-figs. 32 & 33, B), the latter being somewhat 

 older than the former. The Ichang skull shows the shortness of 

 the nasals characteristic of the immature specimen, the length of 

 these bones being 2i inches, against 3| inches in E. michianus. 



Text-fig. 32. 



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Left latoral view of adult male skulls of JSlaplwdus jnicJdaniis (A), 



and IE. icliangensis (B). 



pr.vix., premaxilla; pr.v., preorbital cavity. 



The antler-pedicles are much more developed in the Ningpo skull, 

 and have a much more outwardly- directed ridge connecting them 

 with the orbit (as shown in text-figure 32, A) ; but this feature 

 may be due, to some extent, to difierence in age. The flat surface 

 of the jugal below the orbit is quite narrow in the Ningpo, but 



