I. Description of a new specimen of Glyptodon , recently acquired by the Royal College of Surgeons of England

In the present brief preliminary notice I propose to give an account of the more remarkable features of the skeleton of a specimen of the extinct genusGlyptodon , recently added to the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. The specimen was obtained in 1860, by Signor Maximo Terrero, on the banks of the River Salado, and was presented to the College by that gentleman, through the instrumentality of the late President of the College, J. F. South, Esq.