EDENTATA, MARSUPIALTA. 
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EDENTATA. 
P. Gervais, in ‘^Romarqnes oat^^ologiques an sujefc dcs Pieds des 
llldent(^s,” describes the bones of the limbs in the Bi'adypodidcc, Myrme- 
copfiagidm^ Dasypodidca^ Orycteropodidm, Manidw, and Macrotheriidcc. J. 
Zool. vi. pp. 79-82, 198-228, pis, ii.-iv. 
P. Tauber affirms that enamel exists in the teeth of Tatusia peha ; Nat. 
Tids. 1876. J. Reinhardt considers the statement premature; Congres 
d’hist. Nat. Copenh. 1876 [Not seen by the Recorder]. P. Gervais 
considers that the layer in question is vitro-dentine ; J. Zool. vi. pp. 133 
& 134. 
MANIDiE. 
Manis tricuspis. A live specimen in the Zoological Gardens figured, 
with notes ; P. L. Sclater, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 531. 
vi Mams sindiensiSf sp. n. (foss.), R. Lydekker, Pal. Ind. Ser. x. 2,i. p. 64, 
pi. viii. Sind. 
Orycteropodid^. 
Orycteropus. W. Turner’s paper on the placentation is translated, J. 
Zool. vi. pp. 97-107. 
Macrotheriid^. 
( Moropus, g. n. (foss.), O. C. Marsh, Am. J. Sci. (3) xiv. p. 249, probably 
'allied to Ancylotherium, but representing a distinct family, Moropodidce. 
! Types, ilf. distans (p. 249) and M. senex (p. 250), Miocene of Oregon, 
; M. elatus (p. 250), Pliocene of Nebraska : spp. nn. 
Glyptodontid;e. 
J. Reinhardt describes the remains of this family from the Brazilian 
bone-caves in the Copenhagen Museum, and characterizes Ocnopus^ g. n. 
(foss.), type Megatherium laurillardi, Lund ; Yid. Med. 1875, pp. 165-235, 
pi. iv. 
DlUBLPHIA. 
MARSUPIALIA. 
R. Owen reprints his papers on fossil Marsupials of Australia and 
England. Foss. Mamm. Austr. [suprd^ p. 6]. 
P. Tauber considers the molar formula to be |;|, instead of f:|, as 
usually stated ; Nat. Tids. 1876. [Not seen by the Recorder ; c/*. J. Zool. 
vi. p. 46.] 
Peramelidj;. 
Peramelas cockerelli^ sp. n., E. Pierson Ramsay, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 
i. p. 310, New Ireland ; further note, id. tom. cit. p. 378. P. macrura^ 
