HVJRXDJE. — ACANTHION. 191 



The Asiatic Porcupine. Hystrix cristata. 



Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847. — Blainv., Osteog. G. Hystrix, pi. 1 1 



(skull, from Syria). 

 Hystrix hirsutirostris, Brandt, Mamm. Exot. &c. p. 39. pi. 8. figs. 3-6 

 (skull and lower jaw). 



a. Skull. 



b. Skull. Xanthus. Presented by G. Scharf, jun., Esq. 

 *c. Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The Crestless Nepal Porcupine. Hystrix hodgsoni. 



Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 461. pi. 20. fig. 3 (skull), 1848. 

 Hystrix daubentonii, Blainv., Osteog. G. Hystrix, pi. 2 (skull). 



a. Skull. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. — The specimen 



described by Dr. Gray and figured by Mr. Waterhouse. 



b, c. Skulls. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



The Satal. Hystrix leucurus. 



Si/h's, Proc. Zool. Soc. 183], p. 103.— Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1847. 



Hystrix cristata f. of Bengal, Blainv., Osteog. G. Hystrix, p. 22. pi. 11 

 (skull). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal .16 



Lumbar 4 



Sacral 4 



Caudal (imperfect). 



a. Skull. "^ 



b. Bones of the body. | ^ T i p , t a 



c. Skull. — The specimen described in Water- { } ' j, „ tt i 



house's Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 460. pi. 20 



son, Esq. 



(skull), 1848. 

 d. Skull : young. 

 ? e. Skeleton. From Mr. Warwick's Collection. 

 /, g. Skulls. Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. — H. nepa- 



lensis, Hodgs. 



ACANTHION. 



Teeth :— Incisors \± ; Molars £j ; =20. 



The Java Porcupine. Acanthion javanicum. 



F. Cm:, Mem. du Mm ix. pp. 425 & 431. tab. 20. figs. 3 & 4 (skull), 

 1826. — Van der Hoeven, Act. Bonn. xix. p. 182. tab. 19. fig. 4 (lower 

 jaw), 1839. 



Hystrix javanica, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. Mamm. ii. p. 465. pi. 20. 

 tig. 4 (skull).— Blainv., Osteog. G. Hystrix, pi. 2 (skull). 



Cervical vertebras 7 



Dorsal 14 



