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Marmnalia of Southern Brazil, 
ferior surfaces are like the superior ; in F. braccata they are totally 
different, resembling various spotted cats. The legs are colored on 
the upper surface like the back mF.Jaguarondi, and are black below; 
in F. braccata they are cross banded proximately, and the distal 
halves are totally black. 
The aggregate of characters indicates the specific difference of 
the F. braccata from the F. Jaguarondi. The only approach to any 
of the peculiar characters of the F. braccata in descriptions of the 
F. jaguarondi, which I can find, is in that by Mr. Alston in the Fau- 
na Centrali-Americana, who states that there are transverse bars on 
the inside of the legs. 
It is to be much regretted that the label belonging to this speci- 
men has been lost. I do not know therefore whether it was obtain- 
ed in the province of Rio Grande do Sul, or in Matto Grosso. 
DIPLAPvTHRA. 
One skin with skeleton from Chapada. 
HIPPOPOTAMID^. 
58. DiCOTVLES LABIATUS CuV. 
One skin with skeleton from Chapada; six skins from Chapada; 
one skin from Sao Joao; two skulls from Chapada. 
One of the skins from Chapada presents certain peculiarities. It 
is not larger than the D. tajassu, and the bristles are longer and 
denser along the back, and especially on the rump, than in the other 
skins. The dirty white or yellowish part of the hairs is replaced by 
red-orange, giving the animal a fiery tint when the bristles are erect- 
ed. It was labelled " red-pig " by Mr. Smith. Unfortunately its 
skull was not preserved. It does not appear to me to represent 
anything but a slight variety; perhaps it is a young male. In all the 
characters of the feet, muzzle, etc., it agrees with the Z>. labiatus. 
59. DicoTYLES TAJASSU Linn. 
Two skins with skulls from Chapada ; two separate skins from 
do.; three skeletons from do.; thirteen skulls, do.; one skull from Sao 
Joao. 
On comparing the sixteen skulls from Southern Brazil with five 
skulls in my collection, and one in the Museum of Princeton College, 
from Texas, I find Such constant and important difference as to 
