Characters of tlie Stri} ed Hyania dr. 



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Africa I find tlie vibrissae precisely as described by Flower 

 (P. Z. S. 1869, p. 476) — that is to say, tlie niystacial, super- 

 ciliary, and interranial tufts are present ; but tlie upper 

 genal tuft appears to be suppressed^ while the lower is 



Fi-. 1. 



A. Head of adult IIi/(P)ia Ivjana, sliowlng the farial vibrissje and the ear. 



B. Head of newly-born cub of the same, showing the facial vibrissa;. 

 C Rhinarium of Hycena hycena from above. | nat. size. 



J). The same from the front. 



represented by a single stiff vibrissa. Supplementing 

 Flower's account, 1 may add that the mystacial vibrissae 

 are unusually thick for a terrestrial mammal of the size of 



