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as one of the most singular which the Eocene period possessed, 
In size it was not exceeded by any other 
flesh-eater of the period, but was equaled 
by the Protopsalis tigrinus. Its anterior limbs 
were evidently relatively shorter than in the 
Mesonyx lanius. 
The Sarcothraustes antiquus is a large ani- 
mal from the Puerco epoch of New Mexico, 
of about the size of the Mesonyx ossifragus, 
Its inferior molars have a wide heel as in 
Amblyctonus. The genus Dissacus Cope, 
Occurs in the same formation and locality. 
Its inferior molars (Fig. 11) present an ac- 
cessory cusp on the inner side of the prin- 
cipal cone. This constitutes the first step 
towards the tubercular-sectorial tooth of From the Wasatch beds 
other families. There are two species, the % Wyoming. 
D. navajovius, as large as the red fox, and D. carnifex Cope, of 
larger size, 
ese 11.— Dissacus navajovius Cope, right mandibular ramus, three-fourths natu- 
Origin} a, external; 4, superior views. From the Puerco beds of New Mexico. 
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EDITORS! TABLE. 
EDITORS: A. S. PACKARD, JR., AND E. D. COPE. 
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questions of mental status which come before our courts receives 
uent proof. And this will always be the case so long as the 
question of « responsibility” is permitted to complicate the ques- 
tion. Two recent verdicts bring this subject before us at the 
