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Show 1881.] ANATOMY OF THE ERINACEIDSE. 403 Gymnura. 6 = (2a+2ft+2c) 2=(d+d) nm 8=(2e+2f+2y+2h) _ b=(2i+2j+2k) l' 6=(2a'+26'+2c')' " 2=(d'+d')'P 8=(2ei+2f'+2y,+2hy ' G=(2i>+2j'+2ky Erinaceus. • 6=(2a+26+2c) 2=(d+d) 6=(2/+2g+2/Q 6=(2i+2j+2k) *• 4 = (2a'+26') ' c ,2=K+rf')' pM' 4=(2f'+2h') * fl1, 6=(2i'4-2? v+2*')' Fig. 10. Skull of ZL'. europceus1. Fig. 11. Skull of E. blanfordi1. 1 These drawings show how remarkably E. europceus differs in the form and relative size of its' second and third upper incisors and first upper premolars from the other species of the genus, which resemble one another very closely in the form and relative size of their teeth. |