52 The Amblypoda. [January, 
The posterior position of the molar teeth indicates use for a long, 
slender tongue. 
This species was probably quite as large as the Indian elephant, 
for the individual described is not adult, as indicated by the free- 
dom of the epiphyses of the lumbar vertebrz ; and fragments of 
others in my possession indicate considerably larger size. 
The very weak dentition indicates soft food, no doubt of a 
vegetable character, of what particular kind it is not easy to 
divine. The long canines were no doubt for defence chiefly, and 
may have been useful in pulling and cutting vines and branches 
Fic. 34.—Octotomus laticeps Marsh, lower jaw, one-eighth nat. size; upper Reun 
left side, lower figure from above. From Marsh, Amer. Jour. Sci. Arts, Xt, Pl. V 
of the forest. The horns furnished formidable weapons of de- 
fence. The anterior nasal pair might have been used for root- 
ing in the earth, if the elevation of the head did not render this 
impossible. 
This huge animal must have been of defective vision, for the 
orbits have no distinctive outline, and the eyes were so overhung 
by the horns and cranial walls as to have been able to see but lit- 
tle upward. The muzzle and cranial crests have obstructed the 
