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racteristic of the animal, that I have judged it proper to coramemo- 

 rate it in the specific appellation. 



** The horns are 2^ inches distant at the base, and 22^ at the 

 points. They 6rst point backvvards and outwards, spreading widely 

 and directed nearly in a straight line for the first 12 inches of their 

 length, then bend forwards and slightly inwards with a uniform 

 curvature, the concavity being in front, or just in the opposite di- 

 rection frora that which is observed in the Ant.leucophcea and Ant. 

 egujjia. At first I vvas inclined to believe that this direction might 

 have been given them by mistake in the stuffing of the specimen, 

 but Mr. Gould assured me that they were attached to the vsj'rontis, 

 and could not possibly have been reversed. They are surrounded 

 by twenty-four distinct and promincnt annuli, nearly obiiterated 

 behind, and extending to within 6 inches of the points, which are 

 sraooth and blunt. Betvveen the amiuli, the horns are marked with 

 deep and regular stria, \vhich run in a longitudinal direction. As 

 far as the ajimili extend they are of a light bro\vn colour, but the 

 smooth part is black, and they are almost of a uniform thickness 

 from the root to the points. Their circumference at the base is 9 

 inches. The muzzie is large and naked ; there are neither crumence, 

 nor scopa on the knees, but the inguinal pores are very distinct, and 

 surrounded by a naked space of considerabie extent. 



"The locality from vvhich Mr. Steedman procured this raagnifi- 

 cent specimen, which at present fbrms one of the principai orna- 

 inents of bis valuable coilection of South African animals, lies about 

 twenty-five days' journey north of the Orange river, betvveen Lata- 

 koo and the vvestern coast of Africa. That gentleman informs me 

 that he never saw but one other specimen, vvhich, hovvever, vvas not 

 perfect, but of much larger diniensions than the present individual, 

 and with longer and stouter horns." 



Mr. Ogiiby subsequently called the atteution of the Society to a 

 specimen of a Mammiferous Quadruped, also conimunicated by 

 Mr. Steedman for exhibition, vvhich he described in detail wilh 

 reference to a paper"On the Characters and Description of a new 

 Genus of Carnivora, called Cynidis." 



The įievv genus proposed by Mr. Ogiiby connects the family of 

 the Civets vvith that of the Dogs, participating vvith the one in its 

 organs of raastication, and vvith the other in those of locomotion, 

 and consequentl3' ranging vvith Proteles, Isid. GeofF., as a second 

 genus, intermediate betvveen those tvvo groups. Proteles, hovvever, 

 partakes in some degree of the characters of the Hi/cenas, vvhile 

 Cytiidis is more immediately interposed betvveen the Dogs and 

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

 in external form. 



The generic characters niay be thus expressed : 



Cynictis. 

 Dentes primores, \; lauiarii, |^] ; mvlares, |^, ųuoruui utrinque 



