184 BRITISH AND EUROPEAN FOSSIL ELEPHANTS. 



Harwich, and presented by Hedworthe Jolliffe, Esq., 4th Dragoons. 

 Dimensions : — 



Length, 8'5 in. Greatest width of anterior plate, 2-5 in. Width of 5th plate, 

 2-3 in. Greatest height, 5' in. Basal length of 10 plates, 7'3 in. 



In Colonel Wood's collection of bones from Minchin Hole there is 

 an extremely characteristic specimen of the second true lower molar, 

 right side, of E. antiquus. The crown presents sixteen plates in all, 

 with talons. The nine anterior plates are worn. The plates show 

 beautifully the mesial expansion. 



Length of crown, 10'1 in. "Width in front, 2-6 in. Width in front at 10th 

 ridge, 2'55 in. Width behind, 2' in. Height at 9th, 5 - 2 in. 



In the Museum at Chichester there is a penultimate lower molar, 

 right side, the crown of which shows fifteen plates, somewhat rolled. 

 It is from Brackelsham Bay. 



In Professor Ponzi's collection at Rome there is a magnificent lower 

 jaw of E. antiquus, from Monte Verde (quaternary). Both rami are 

 present, but they are separate, and the fragments do not fit, owing to a 

 portion of the symphysis being wanting. The specimen is beautifully 

 marked. The right fragment is most perfect, comprising part of the 

 diastemal ridge, the whole of the horizontal ramus and part of the as- 

 cending ramus, as far up nearly as the base of the condyle ; the coronoid 

 plate is broken off. It contains the penultimate true molar in full use, 

 and eight plates of the last molar in germ. It is of enormous size. 



Length of diastemal portion, 5'2 in. Height of jaw at commencement of ditto, 

 9'4 in. Height of jaw behind, 6 - in. Length of penultimate to anterior fang, 10' in. 

 Length of penultimate, crown portion, 9'1 in. Width of penultimate in front, 

 2-2 in. Width behind, 3'1 in. Number of plates, 12, and talon. Greatest width 

 of jaw behind, 7'5 in. 



The penultimate has all the plates and the posterior talon worn. It 

 shows the characters of the species beautifully, with a distinct mesial 

 expansion on either side of each disc, and thick plaited enamel in good 

 relief. The tooth is very high and compressed in front, low behind. 



Figs. 10 and 10 a of Plate XIV. A. of the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis ' 

 represent the second true molar, lower jaw, right side, of Eleplias 

 antiquus. There are twelve plates and a heel. The five anterior 

 plates only are worn. The specimen is in the British Museum (No. 

 19,844). The dimensions are : — 



Length, 10- in. Width, 2-5 in. Height, 6" in. 



Three specimens of the last lower molar of E. antiquus are figured in 

 Plate XIV. A. of the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis.' 



Figs. 11 and 11a show a tooth from left side, with fifteen to sixteen 

 plates, but a portion in front is gone. The specimen is from Saffron 

 Walden (see vol. i. p. 443). The dimensions are : — 



Length, 12-3 in. Width, 3' in. Height, 5- in. 



This illustration is reproduced in Plate IX., figs. 3 & 4, of this volume. 

 Figs. 12 and 12 a show the last molar from the right side. Only 

 the eleven posterior plates are present. They are very crimped and 

 bent. The specimen is from Happisburgh, and is now in the British 

 Museum. The dimensions are : — 



Length, 10-5 in. Width, 3-4 in. Height, 57 in. 





