Characters of the Striped IJyivna d'c. I).">5 



of liair-follicles in the skin. Tlie npperside of tlie webs 

 is naked and tlie tips of the di<i;its carry long- hairs, some of 

 which spread on to, and to a slight extent ])eneath, the edge 

 of the web joining the tliii'd and fourtli digits together. 



The carpal pad is small, nearly hemispherical, and set almost 

 in the ini(hlle line a long distance above the plantar pad. 

 Tlie area between the carpal and plantar pads is covered 

 with hairs, which arise in two streams al)ove the carpal pad, 

 encii'cle it, and converge to a line passing between that ])!id 

 and tiie postero-external angle of tlie plantar pad. Just 

 above the plantar, to a point nearly midway between it and 

 the carpal pad, the skin is scantily hairy and there is a 

 similar scantily hairy area on the inner side and in front of 

 (below) the carpal pad. 



The hind foot is very similar to the front foot, but is 

 shorter and narrower, and the hairs above the plantar pad 

 I'un in a continuous downward direction ; but there is 

 here also a scantily hairy area jnst above that pad in the 

 middle line. 



In rigidity, compactness, and in the shape and uptilting 

 of the digital pads, as well as in the shortness and bluutness 

 of the claws, the feet of liyjenas resemble those of the 

 Canidse, generally speaking, rather than of other ^luroidea. 

 In the latter the plane of the digital pads, which are almost 

 always elliptical in ontline, is usually the same as that of the 

 plantar pad when the foot is in the lying position. 



The feet of Crocula seem to be quite like those of Hycona ; 

 and the same applies to the feet of Proteles, except for the 

 presence of the pollex, which is situated halfway between 

 the wrist-joint (carpus) and the tips of the other digits, and 

 of a patch of naked skin on the heel, which Flower con- 

 sidered to be normal and not due to wear. It may be 

 particularly noticed that this author stated : — "The animal 

 appears to be perfectly digitigrade.^' There is, however, 

 one point connected with the feet of Proteles to which 

 Flower did not allude. In the skin of a South African 

 specimen, the area between the plantar and digital pads is 

 covered tolerably thickly, though not so thickly as the rest 

 of the foot, \Aith short hair, and the npperside of the webs 

 is also hairy. In this ])articular the feet of Proteles differ 

 from those of all the hvicnas, judging from skins of the 

 Striped, Brown, and Spotted species in the Zoological 

 Society's collection. 



Anal Pouch and Glands. — These structures have been 

 described by several authors in the three existing species of 

 hyicnas. ^Nlurie's account of tlie pouch in Hi/cpua brunneu 



