ÖFVERSIGT AF K. VETENSK.-AKAD. FÖRHANDLINGAR 1898, NIO 5. 299 



outside of the legs are clothed by long and dense brown hairs. 

 The protecting bristles on the upper eyelid are black and the 

 tuft of long sensitive bristles below the eye are brownish black 

 with lighter tips. 



From the measurements given above it can be seen that in 

 our little armadillo the breadth of the skull över the zygomatic 

 arches only constitutes 52 per cent of the cranial length. If we 

 compare this result with the corresponding measurements of 

 Gray's figure of the skull of Ewpliractus minutus in his paper 

 »Revision of the genera and species of Entomophagous Edentata» 1 ) 

 (1. c. p. 377) we shall find a considerable difFerence. The skull 

 figured by Gray is, namely, a good deal shorter and broader so 

 that the breadth över the zygomatic arches is not less than 67 

 per cent of the cranial length. If Gray's figure is correct this 

 seems to be an important difference, but not having material 

 for comparison I do not know if it can be used as a specific, 

 or even subspecific, character. 



Both Türner (Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1851, p. 214) and 



Q 



Gray (1. c.) give the dental formula — for Dasi/pus (Euphrac- 



tus) minutus. Our specimen seems thus to have the number of 

 teeth in the lower jaw more reduced than it usually is in Dasy- 

 pus minutus. The anterior part of the palate as well as the 

 Symphysis mandibula is covered by a horny and pigmented skin 

 which is useful as the prey is probably first pinched by this 

 part of the jaws. The palate is provided with 7 crossridges 

 corresponding to the 7 anterior teeth. Behind the seventh ridge 

 the palate is smooth. The four anterior ridges are arcuate 

 with the convexity in front. The 3 posterior ridges, which 

 are less prominent, are straight, and in this part of the palate 

 a slight median ridge is also visible. The tongue shows de- 

 pressions corresponding to these palate-ridges, but this may de- 

 pend upon the preservation. 



J ) Proc. Zool. Soc, London 1865. 



