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partakes in some degree of the characters of the Hyaenas, while 

 Cynictis is more immediately interposed between the Dogs and 

 Ichneumons, to the latter of which it bears a pretty close resemblance 

 in external form. 



The generic characters may be thus expressed : 



Cynictis. 



Dentes primores, |f laniarii, j-^-J; molares, |^, quorum utrinque 



utrinsecus tres priores spurii, quartus carnarius, sequentes tuber- 

 culati. 



Pedes digitigradi, digitis 5 — 4, unguibus falcularibus longis fos- 

 soriis. 



Cauda longa, comosa. 



Genus inter Ryzaenam et Herpestem intermedium, et dentibus et 

 digitorum numero. 



Cynictis Steedmanni. Cyn. rufus, dorso saturation; genis, 



collo, lateribus cauddque rufis griseo intermixtis ; caudce apice 



sordide albo. 



Long, corporis cum capite, 1 pes 6 unc. ; caudce, 1 pes ; capitis, 



a rostro ad auriculas basin, 2^- unc. ; auriculae, £ j auriculae lati- 



tudo, H. 



The general colour, as well as the whole external appearance of 

 the animal, is that of a small Fox. 



Mr. Ogilby described in detail the generic and specific pecu- 

 liarities, and pointed them out on the preserved skin and on the 

 cranium ; in the latter, as in that of Herpestes, the bony ring sur- 

 rounding the orbit is complete. He added also references to the 

 Travels of Sparrman, for a notice apparently of this animal; and 

 to those of Mr. Barrow, (vol. i. p. 185,) in which a brief, but 

 perfectly intelligible account of it is contained : it is there said 

 to be " known to the colonists under the general name of Meer- 

 katr 



Mr. Steedman's specimen was obtained in the neighbourhood of 

 Uitenhage, on the borders of Caffraria. 



Lieut. Col. Sykes exhibited a foetus of a Panther, preserved in 

 spirit, and exhibiting all the markings of the adult; thus showing 

 that the animals of this species do not undergo the changes in 

 markings in their progress towards maturity which are generally 

 found to occur in the genus Felis. 



April 23. — A letter addressed to the Secretary by Mr. J. C. 

 Lees, was read. It was accompanied by a drawing of the animal 

 referred to in it, which was exhibited : it represented a species of 

 Glaucus, Forst. 



A note was read, addressed to the Secretary by Charles Telfair, 

 Esq., Corr. Memb. Z.S. It was accompanied by a fossil bone from 

 Vohemar in Madagascar, which was exhibited. The bone was 

 considered as '* part of the palate of a fish, called, in these seas, la 

 gueule pavee" It was contrasted with the bones constituting the 

 grinding apparatus of the spotted Eagle Ray, Myliobatis Narinari, 

 Dum., from which it was remarkably distinct both in form and 



