1906. 



A NEW FOREST-PIG. 



the teeth, as might be seen by a comparison of the figures (text ■ 

 fig. 1) now giv^en with those formerly published. 



The skull itself was comparatively light and delicate, with a 

 low muzzle and slender zygomata. Its dimensions were as 

 follows : — 



Basal length (approximate) 325 mm. ; zygomatic bi-eadth 176 ; 

 nasals, length 191, breadth 42; interorbital breadth 88; height 

 of muzzle in front of premolars 57 ; least breadth of maxillar}^ 

 zygomatic processes, below orbit, 42 ; least vertical breadth of 

 zygomata, behind true orbit, 36 ; palatal length 232 ; breadth 

 across sockets of canines 98; breadth between tips of canines 181 ; 

 greatest diameter of canines 24 ; length of upper tooth-row, from 

 front of p' 97; m^ length 42-3, breadth 17-5; length of lower 

 tooth-row, from front of p^, 99 ; nig 48"2 x 16. 



^ Text-fio>. 1. 



a, upper, and h, lower riglit molars of Syl ochoerus rimator. 



Type. Old female skull. B.M. No. 6.2.21.1. Collected by 

 Mr. G. L. Bates. 



Native name " Engak" (G. L. Bates). 



The remarkable character of the suppression of p* and persistence 

 of mp', described in the typical specimens of H. meinerizhageni, 

 was present in this specimen, as in other examples of the genus 

 since received, and was evidently normal. 



Another interesting point to be noticed was that the prenasal 

 bone in all fully adult specimens of Hylochoerus was firmly united 

 to an ossified mesethmoid. 



The following papers were i-ead : — 



