A NEW SPECIES OF DINICTIS. 24I 



not be especially significant in itself, since that tooth is described 

 as just disappearing in D. bombifrous. Also the denticulate 

 superior canine is described in D. cyclops, the absence of the third 

 incisor in D. squalidcns, and the general size and proportions of 

 the skull in D. fcliiia, but in no existing type are all these characters 

 combined. Moreover the peculiar shape of the upper carnassial, 

 the slight development of the postero-internal lobe of the lower 

 carnassial, the presence of but two incisors in the mandible and the 

 proportionate length and slenderness of the forearm, appear to be 

 constant characters. These, together with the absence of the 

 second lower molar, seem sufficient grounds for establishing a new 

 species, which from the small number of teeth may fittingly be 

 termed Dinictis paiicidens. The type is preserved in the University 

 of Kansas Museum. 



