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sisting of both animal and vegetable substances ; they; 
burrow with great rapidity, and are mainly diurnal, 
but vary somewhat in their habits. We have four 
species, the WEASEL-HEADED ARMADILLO (Dasypus 
sexcinctus) found in Brazil and Paraguay ; the Picut, 
or Little Armadillo (D. minutus), found in the. 
Pampas, south of Buenos Ayres; the PEBA ARMADILLO. 
(Zatusia novemcncta), which inhabits South America: 
from Texas to Paraguay; and the southern form. of 
the same genus, the MuLE ARMADILLO (Z) Ayérida), % 
the latter so-called from its elongated ears. 
‘ Still more singular animals are the members of the 
Family Manip#, known as the Pangolins or-Scaly 
Ant-eaters. There is only one genus, J/azzs, and all. 
the species belong to the Old World, ranging from 
Africa, south of the Sahara, to South-eastern Asia. 
They are, as a rule, burrowing animals, but some 
partially arborial, of nocturnal habits, and their food 
consists mainly of ants. When at rest they roll them- 
selves into a ball, and are perfectly secure from the 
attacks of enemies. In appearance they have, not 
inaptly, been likened to “an animated spruce-fir cone: 
furnished with a head and legs.” ‘There are two groups 
of these animals, corresponding with the geographical: 
distribution of each genus. The Asiatic form only is 
represented in the Museum collection. Of this there 
are three species, the INDIAN PaANGOLIN (JZamts 
pentadactyla), found in India and Ceylon; the 
CHINESE PANGOLIN (JZ. aurit2), inhabiting Nipal, 
Assam, and China; and the Matay PANGOLIN* 
(AZ. javanica), a small long-tailed species found east- 
ward of the Bay of Bengal, in Celebes and North 
eastern India. 
_ Thus far our collection has been a very fairly 
representative one, but henceforth it will be of a very 
meagre character. We have to pass over the whole 
