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EXPLANATION

OF

PLATE 46.

Fig. 1. Submedian section of the skull of Elephas africanus, skull x. Directly seven centimeter above /
the upper end of the bony capsule enclosing the posterior end of the tooth dpA is seen (surrounded by air-
sinuses). The upper end of the palatine bone is separate from the rest as a thin bony plate above pa. Above s
is seen the entrance to an air-sinus; the hole is of an extraordinary size in this specimen.

Fig. 2. Skull of Elephas africanus, skull z.