374 



MAWIDID^. 



longer. lUiger says M. gigantea from Guinea is like M. hrachyura, 

 but 4 feet long. The Museum specimen from Cape-Coast Castle is 

 upwards of 5 feet long. 



Fig. 44. 



Skull of PhoUdotus gigantem. 



Du ChaiUu sent to the British Museum two specimens of Manis 

 longicauda and one of PhoUdotus giganteus, all under the name of 

 the " Ant-eater," evidently regarding them as one species. 



Which is the species called jfpi, or is it common to both ? 



What is Manis leptura (Blyth, Joum. Asiat. Soc. of Bengal, xvi.. 

 Arch. f. Naturg. 1849 ; Eapp, Edent. p. 18) ? 



3. SMUTSIA. 



Upper part of the fore and hind feet covered with scales. Scales 

 broad, short, and pale-coloured. TaU very broad, rounded at the 

 end ;- central series of scales interrupted before reaching the end of 

 the tail. 



Smutsia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 369. 



