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Guhy and approach the crania of the Viverridcs, it is probable, M. 

 F. Cuvier remarks, that the Gulo orientalis, and M. Goudot's ani- 

 mal, should both be referred to the family of Civets. 



At the request of the Chairman, the following Notes of the dis- 

 section of the Riffled Lemur {Lemur Macaco, L.,) were read by Mr. 

 Martin. 



*' The Ruffed Lemur which died lately in the Museum was a male, 

 and one of a fine pair recently brought to this country. It exhibit- 

 ed marked symptoms of illness a few days only before its death, 

 but had probably been long diseased. 



«' On the abdomen being opened, the viscera presented themselves 

 as follows. In the epigastric and hypochondriac regions, stretch- 

 ing from side to side, appeared the liver, and below this the sto- 

 mach, and the omentum loaded with fat, extending to the pubes, and 

 covering the whole of the intestines. On turning aside the omentum 

 and intestines the spleen was observed ; it was large, dark coloured, 

 bound by adhesions to the surface of the kidneys, and studded with 

 numerous small vomica, from which, on cutting, a thick pus oozed 

 out abundantly. 



"The liver was trilobed, deeply divided, of a pale colour, singu- 

 larly mottled with red, and indurated : on cutting into it, the same 

 paleness was found to obtain, joined to a sort of granulated ap- 

 pearance and fracture. The gall-bladder was small, and contained 

 no bile, to the secretion of which the liver was probably of late 

 inadequate. The ductus choledochus communis entered four inches 

 from the pylorus. 



" The intestines were pale and flaccid with extensive adhesions 

 both of these and the mesentery, affording proofs of inflammatory 

 action. The length of the colon and rectum was two feet ; that of 

 the ccecum thirteen inches ; the shape of the latter was not unlike 

 that of a horn, its base being broad, from whence it gradually ta- 

 pered to a point, with spiral gyrations on the mesentery. The 

 small intestines measured 5 feet 4+ inches. 



" The cavity of the chest was relatively small, that of the abdo- 

 men advancing high. The lungs were divided into three lobes on 

 the left, and three large^and one small lobe on the right side. Their 

 surface afforded strong indications of inflammation, and their sub- 

 stance when squeezed between the fingers communicated a very 

 distinct crepitus. The heart was large, and tolerably firm ; on the 

 surface of the right ventricle there were two hydatids in a line one 

 above the other. 



" The kidneys were rather large, and their structure soft and 

 pulpy. The testes were small, elongated, lying in front of the pubes 

 and distant from the abdominal ring about one inch. The bladder 

 was small and long ; and the ureters entered about a line from the 

 neck. The vesiculce seminales were small and handle-shaped, with 

 a single turn. 



" The tongue was long, thin, rounded at the tip, of a black co- 

 lour except at the root, soft in texture, and covered with downy 



