A mkmoik upon the genus 
. . ... ....iv tlie 8i'Ae of metacarpal III than in the Tapir. The 
■> I is rather large in proportion to the diameter of 
p„..vim.d i.;rt.ou in form/hehrg very deep, narrow and 
the hliiill, itn um-> <» i* ig slio-htly concave from side to side. The 
fro.,. , , " “,i ” J anterior one being oblique to the 
f“"t‘“U''‘''rth: ,Zr; :: le^ri m WeiUon a„d largertmu. the anterior. 
»ia!. ,netaear|.al IV ahowa two elongated facete for metac«.Tal 
V . an- furv«l .lightly. IVi.eath totli the radial and ulnar iaoctaof tin. n.etin 
eai, .l.allow and na.gl, Ibaate. The ilfth metacarpal doe. not differ a. lunch 
in L. man nietaearpal II a. in the Tapir, and there .. not such a striking dlller- 
4 . 11 CC ill the length of its shaft as compared with metacarpal I\ , as in the carpus of 
the Tapir It« pro.ximal cud is very much enlarged, showing an upivard-curved 
naigl. tulH.n»sity which terminates in a vertical process bordering upon the siipenor 
surface. Kxt«*rnallv the facet for the unciform is convex from before backward, 
concave from side to side, and is bordered externally by the process above descrik'd. 
The facets on metacarpal V for metacarpal IV are narrow and continuous. The 
distal part of t lie former ineta|M)dial is <[uite heavy, the middle part of its shaft 
k-iiigvery sb-nder pro|M.rtlonately. The proximal and middle phalanges of the 
digits iim nit her bi-oad and sliort. The ungual phalanges are short and wide dis- 
Inlly. Thi’ir distal margin is interrupted at its middle point by a deep incision, 
whieli is kmleixMl upni each siile by a deep pit. This incision of the ungual phal- 
niiges is said to Im* wanting in the maims Hyrachy7is. 
h'emur. No. 1(1.21)2 and No. 10,351. — There are two femora in the Princeton 
cxtihx'tioii wlios 4 * form is inoix* elongated than those of P. nihior. They arc inter- 
niiHlinte ill this n*s|MH't k*tw»H*n the latter species and P. paludosus. The proximal 
mid distal extremities ofthe.se femora closely approximate in their characters those 
of the smaller s|H*<*ies of Pu/teosyops, these portions being much smaller than in the 
femur of /’ paiutiosHS. (’oinpaivd with proportionate measurements of the anterior 
extn*iiiity ol /,. lahceps^ I find that these femora corresjiond with them very well, 
so I shall pnivisionally place them under L. laticeps. Their long and narrow 
shafts an* strikingly chnraeteristic and distinguish them sharply from those 
oi I . minor. In form, their thiixl tnx'hauter is broader and more elongate than 
that of / . minor, and this jKirtion of the shaft transversely is much less in extent 
than in the latter s|H-cie 8 . The neck is more pronounced than in P. minor, and 
the trial, giilar misiHl ,H,rtion of the shaft below the head is narrower and longer. 
I he tiMK-hlenr surface lor the patella is more elona-ated. while the fl.li f « 
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