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Show 1896.] HYOID BONES O E NESTOR A N D NANODES. 239 and were considered by our former Prosectors, Garrod1 and Forbess. Their opinion was against its Lorine affinity, and in my work (now nearly complete) on the LORIID^E I have excluded it from that family. Hyoid of Lathamus discolor. A. Dorsal aspect; B. Ventral aspect; O. Lateral aspect. b. Basihyal. p. Parahyal process. e. Entoglossum. hb. Hypobranchial. c. Cup-like concavity. cb. Ceratobranchial. al. Anterior lateral process. u. Urohyal. pi. Posterior lateral process. The hyoid of Nanodes justifies these judgments, for the parahyal processes, though elongated, do not meet to form an arch, and the entoglossum is peculiar and different in form from those of the LORIIDJE previously examined. The basihyal (b) bears a singularly deep depression on its dorsal surface on either side just behind the origin of each parahyal process (p). The processes are long and slender, and curve slightly towards each other distally, but, as already said, do not 1 See P. Z. S. 1873, pp. 466, 634, and 1874, p. 587. 2 See P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 168, 171, 174, pi. xvi. figs. 1, 2, 8, 10, 12. |
