50 TRANS. OF THE WAGNER FREE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE. 



The measurements of the specimen are as follows : 



Height of mandible at condyle, lOO mm, 



" " coronoid process, 104 



Depth at premolars, 45 



Space occupied by the molar series, . . . . . .91 



Length of hiatus in advance of series, 62 



Breadth of condyle, 33 



One of the specimens consists of the bones of a hind foot except those 

 of one toe. The metatarsals are co-ossified. The entire length of the foot 

 from the end of the heel is 285 mm. 



The calcaneum is 85 mm. long ; its depth at the fore part 46 mm. 



The astragalus is 44 mm. long and 26 mm. broad. 



The extreme length of the co-ossified metatarsals is no mm. 



Platygonus and the Peccaries of the genus Dicotyles appear to have been 

 the substitute for the Hippopotamus and Hog in America, for as yet no 

 authentic remains of the latter genera have been discovered in our country. 



