MACEOTHEKirD^. 143 



dorsally, and are bent back upon the metapodials. The hnmerus has 



no entepicondylar foramen, and there is no third trochanter to the 

 femur. The cranium is unknown. In one genus (Anci/lotJierium) 

 the first and second phalangeals of the manus were anchylosed. 



Genus MACROTHERIUM, Lartetl 



This is the type genus. In the type species, teeth were apparently 

 present. The terminal phalangeals form short, thick claws, which 

 were of enormous size in the manus. 



Macrotherium sindiense, Lydekker^. 

 Syn. Manis s^w^^ew5^s^Lydekker^. 



This species is smaller than M. giganteum, and, judging from the 

 one phalangeal, apparently presents characters intermediate between 

 Manis and the latter. It has been suggested that it may have been 

 the ancestor of Manis. 



Hah. India. 



M. 2962 a. Cast of the second phalangeal of the third (?) digit of 

 the manus. The original (fig. 25), which is the type 



Eig. 25. 



Macrotherium sindiense. — The second phalaugeal of the third (?) digit of the 

 manus, viewed from the anterior and distal aspects ; from the Lower 

 Siwaliks of Sind. \. 



aud only known specimen, and is preserved in the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta, was obtained from the Lower 



^ Annuaire du Departement du Gers, 1839; teste Lartet 'Notice sur la 

 CoUine de Sansan,' p. 22 (1851). The name does not occur in the 'Comptes 

 Eendus,' vol. iv. p. 90 (1837), Avhich is the passage commonly quoted as the 

 authority. 



- Palteontologia Lidica (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. i. p. 82 (1876).— 

 Manis. 



^ Loc. cit. 



