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  DISCOGLOSSID^. 
  

  

  Measurements 
  (in 
  millimetres) 
  

  

  1. 
  

  

  2. 
  

  

  3. 
  

  

  4. 
  

  

  5. 
  6. 
  

  

  From 
  snout 
  to 
  vent 
  .38 
  ... 
  

  

  46 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  41 
  ... 
  

  

  43 
  ... 
  

  

  51 
  ... 
  43 
  

  

  LeDgtli 
  of 
  head 
  . 
  . 
  14 
  ... 
  

  

  16 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  15 
  ... 
  

  

  15 
  ... 
  

  

  15 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  15 
  

  

  Width 
  of 
  head 
  . 
  . 
  16 
  ... 
  

  

  18 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  17 
  ... 
  

  

  17 
  ... 
  

  

  19 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  17 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  . 
  . 
  4*5 
  ... 
  

  

  5 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  4-5... 
  

  

  4 
  5 
  ... 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  .. 
  4-5 
  

  

  Interorbital 
  width 
  . 
  . 
  3 
  ... 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  . 
  3-5... 
  

  

  3-5... 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  4 
  

  

  From 
  eye 
  to 
  nostril 
  - 
  . 
  4 
  ... 
  

  

  45. 
  

  

  .. 
  4 
  ... 
  

  

  4 
  ... 
  

  

  4-5 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  4 
  

  

  „ 
  ,, 
  end 
  of 
  snout 
  . 
  6'o 
  ... 
  

  

  8 
  . 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  8 
  . 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  Diameter 
  of 
  tympanum 
  . 
  3 
  ... 
  

  

  3-5. 
  

  

  .. 
  3 
  ... 
  

  

  3 
  ... 
  

  

  4 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  3 
  

  

  Fore 
  limb 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  24 
  ... 
  

  

  26 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  25 
  ... 
  

  

  24 
  ... 
  

  

  25 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  23 
  

  

  Hind 
  limb 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  52 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  59 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  54 
  ... 
  

  

  52 
  ... 
  

  

  58 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  52 
  

  

  Tibia 
  . 
  . 
  .15 
  ... 
  

  

  17 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  16 
  ... 
  

  

  16 
  ... 
  

  

  17 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  16 
  

  

  Foot 
  . 
  . 
  .15 
  ... 
  

  

  16 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  15 
  ... 
  

  

  15 
  ... 
  

  

  16 
  . 
  

  

  .. 
  14 
  

  

  1. 
  Paris 
  : 
  Lataste. 
  

  

  4, 
  

  

  6. 
  Yalencia, 
  Sp 
  

  

  a.in 
  : 
  Bosca 
  

  

  2. 
  French 
  Jura 
  : 
  Ling 
  Roth. 
  

  

  

  (vai 
  

  

  L*. 
  hoscse 
  

  

  ). 
  

  

  3. 
  Hameln, 
  Weser 
  ; 
  WolterstorfF. 
  

  

  

  5. 
  Paris 
  

  

  : 
  Heron-Royer. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Fatio 
  the 
  female 
  reaches 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  54 
  mm. 
  

  

  Skeleton. 
  — 
  Ethmoid 
  short, 
  embracing 
  above 
  a 
  large 
  

   foutanelle 
  wlnicli 
  extends 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  line 
  of 
  the 
  

   anterior 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  orbits 
  ; 
  fronto-parietals 
  very 
  

   narrow, 
  in 
  contact 
  with 
  each 
  other 
  onl}" 
  quite 
  poste- 
  

   riorly, 
  with 
  an 
  inward 
  process 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  which 
  

   gives 
  the 
  fontanelle 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  the 
  sole 
  of 
  a 
  shoe 
  ; 
  

   ethmoid 
  rounded 
  or 
  somewhat 
  produced 
  anteriorly, 
  

   exposed 
  between 
  the 
  posteriorly 
  diverging 
  inner 
  

   borders 
  of 
  the 
  nasals, 
  which 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  in 
  contact 
  

   with 
  each 
  other 
  in 
  front 
  or 
  along 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  

   their 
  length 
  ; 
  a 
  cartilaginous 
  supra-orbital 
  plate 
  is 
  

   articulated 
  to 
  the 
  nasal 
  and 
  the 
  anterior 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  

   fronto-parietal. 
  Zygomatic 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  squamosal 
  

   very 
  short. 
  Vomers 
  large, 
  narrowly 
  separated 
  from 
  

   each 
  other 
  on 
  the 
  median 
  line, 
  their 
  posterior 
  toothed 
  

   borders 
  partly 
  covering 
  the 
  feeble 
  palatines 
  ; 
  jDterygoid 
  

   regularly 
  triradiate, 
  the 
  anterior 
  branch 
  joining 
  the 
  

   maxillary 
  and 
  the 
  slender 
  palatine 
  ; 
  parasphenoid 
  

   X-shaped, 
  obtuse 
  or 
  truncated 
  in 
  front, 
  not 
  quite 
  

   reaching 
  the 
  vomers, 
  and 
  separated 
  from 
  the 
  ptery- 
  

   goids. 
  Mento-Meckelians 
  very 
  indistinct. 
  

  

  Hyoid 
  a 
  large, 
  broad, 
  cartilaginous 
  plate 
  with 
  

   rounded 
  lateral 
  wings, 
  small 
  postero-lateral 
  processes, 
  

   and 
  long 
  cornua 
  ; 
  a 
  pair 
  of 
  diverging, 
  ossified 
  stylo- 
  

  

  