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Show 867.] DR. J. MURIE ON PHASCOLOMYS PLATYRHINUS. 81J Scapula of the three species of Wombat. Fig. 4. P. latifrons. Fig. 5. P. wombat. Two-thirds nat. size. Fig. 6. P. platyrhinus. The scapular spine is likewise more arched and higher in the Broad-fronted Wombat than in the common species, the curvature commencing closer to the base, rising almost two-tenths higher opposite to the root of the neck, and falling again as it forms the acromion, which last is much more elongated, and ends at the clavicle in a |