pythonid^. 255 



E. 428 b. Numerous vertebrae, of which at least the majority belong 

 to the present form ; from Caylux. Purchased, 1885. 



26665. A trunk vertebra not improbably belonging to this species ; 

 from the Lower Miocene (Upper Oligocene) of St. Gerand- 

 le-Puy (Allier), France. 



Pomel Collection. Purchased, 1851. 



Eig. 55. 



Pakryx rhombifer. — Haemal, anterior, and left lateral view of a trunk vertebra 

 from the Phosphorites of Caylux. f. c, costal articulation ; z s, zygosphene. 



** Paleryx filholi (Eochebrune 2 ). 

 Syn. PalcBopythonJilholi, Eochebrune 2 . 



Probably merely a large form of the next species, with which 

 the vertebras agree precisely in structure. 

 Hah. Europe (France). 



R. 428 C. Three trunk vertebrae ; from the Phosphorites (Upper 

 Eocene = Lower Oligocene) of Caylux (Tarn-et-Garonne), 

 France. Precisely resemble the type specimen figured by 

 Eochebrune in the ' Nouv. Archiv. d. Museum, ser. 2, 

 vol. iii. pi. xii. fig. 5, a,b, c. Noticed by the writer in the 

 ' Geol. Mag.' dec. 3, vol. v. p. 112. Purchased, 1885. 



Paleryx depressus, Owen 3 . 



Typically of small size. The vertebrae distinguished from those 

 of the type species by the depressed arch, and the great width and 

 stoutness of the haemal carina, which expands anteriorly. 



Hal. Europe (England and France). 



25261. Three trunk vertebrae ; from the Upper Eocene (Lower 



{Fig.) Oligocene) of Hordw ell, Hampshire. The type specimens ; 



one is figured by Owen in his ' London Clay Eeptilia,' 



pt. iii. pi. xiii. figs. 37, 38. Noticed by the writer in the 



' Geol. Mag.' dec. 3, vol. v. p. 112. 



Presented by S. V. Wood, Esq., 1850. 



1 Nouv. Archiv. d. Museum, ser. 2, vol. iii. p. 277 (l8SO).—PaI(Bopython, 



2 Loc. cit. 



3 Eeptilia of the London Clay, pt. iii. p. 07 (1850). 



