388 OnLAMYDOPHOEII)^. 



Synopsis of the Genera. 



1. Chiamtdophohtts. The dorsal shield only attached by the 



middle of the back, which is covered with hair on the sides. 



2. BuKMEisTEEiA. The dorsal shield attached to the skin to its 



edge. 



1. CHLAMTDOPHORUS. 



The dorsal disk free beneath, only attached to the middle of the 

 back. Pelvic shield and the tail covered with tesserae. The sides 

 of the back under the shield, the underside of the body, and limbs 

 covered with silky hair. 



Osteology.— YaxreO., Zool. Joum. ; Turner, P. Z. S. 1851, p. 213 ; 

 Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 8 (flg. pelvis) ; Ann. N. H. xix. 1857, p. 492. 



Chlamydophorus, Harlan ; Rapp, Edent. p. 12 ; Oray, P. Z. 8. 1865, 



p. 381. 

 Dasypus (Chlamyphorus), Fischer, Syn. p. 394. 

 Chlamypnorus, Gray ; Burmeister. 



Chlamydopliorus tnmcatus. (Pichiciago.) B.M. 



Chlamydophorus truncatus, Harlan, Acad. Zyc. Nat. Hist. JV. York, 

 1825, t. ; Burmeister, Seise La Plata-St. i. p. 297, ii. p. 429 ; Rapp, 

 Edent. p. 22 ; YarreU, Zool. Joum. ill. p. 544, 1837 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1865, p. 381. 



Chlamyphorus truncatus, Oray, P. Z. S. xxv. 1857, p. 9 (skeleton) ; 

 Burmeister, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. xi. (1863) p. 308. 



Hah. Chili, Mendoza. 



2. BURMEISTEBIA. 



The dorsal shield attached to the skin of the back to the edge. 

 The pelvic disk and the taU only partly covered with tesserae. The 

 sides and underpart of the body and limbs covered with wooUy 

 hair. 



Burmeisteria, Oray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 381. 

 Clamydophorus, sp., Burmeister. 



Btinneisteria retusa. 



The plates of the dorsal shield with one or two bristles on the 

 hinder edge ; those on the sides of the back with many bristles on 

 the lower edge. The upper part of the pelvic disk with pencils of 

 bristles. 



Clamyphorus retusus, Burmeister, Abh. Naturf. Oes. zu Halle, vii. 



p. 167, t. 1, 1863 ; Ann. ^ Mag. iV. H. 1863, xi. p. 308. 

 Burmeisteria retusa, Oray, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 381. 



Hab. Bolivia ; Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Burmeister). 

 Larger thean OMamydophorvs truncatus. 



