156 Mr. R. I. Pocock on some of the 



dissection, from the material available. The following 

 points, however, may be noticed. The glandular area (gl.) 

 consists of a pair of longitudinal thickenings or ridges of 

 integument extending from the scrotum towards the penis. 

 They are entirely covered with and partially concealed by 

 silky hair. Between them lies in the middle line an 

 elongated suboval depression, shallow behind and gradually 

 deepening in front to form presumably a receptacle for the 

 secretion. This depression does not reach posteriorly as 

 far back as the scrotum (sc), which is quite normal in being 

 undivided — i. e., not like that of Cynogale nor so far anteriorly 

 as the base of the penis visible externally. The latter runs 

 forwards quite an appreciable distance in front of the 

 glandular lobes before terminating in the prepuce (p.), which 

 is free and pendulous, almost as in Cynogale. The prepuce 

 itself is naked, but the skin of the penis posteriorly is 

 covered with hair. The naked anal area (a.) is quite normal. 

 The gland above described is simple in type, and resembles 

 that of Genetta and the Viverrinae generally in being covered 

 with hair, in having the labia juxtaposed, and in being 

 altogether posterior to the prepuce. It differs from that of 

 Genetta and other Viverrines in that the labia do not extend 

 so far forwards towards the prepuce. 



The feet are small, rounded, and compact, the short toes 

 being tied together by comparatively narrow webs, which 

 extend up to the proximal ends of the digital pads and 

 prevent the digits from being widely separated, the third and 

 fourth toes of both front and hind foot being more closely 

 united than either is to the adjacent digits. There is no 

 trace of skin-lobes protecting the claws, and the area 

 between the digital pads 2 to 5 and the plantar pads is 

 covered with hair as in Genetta and Viverra zibetha ; but a 

 naked strip of skin connects the digital pads of the pollex 

 and hallux with the corresponding lobes of the plantar pad, 

 as in Nandinia. The pollex and hallux are moderately well 

 developed, and their digital pads are separated from that of 

 the second digit by a space about equalling that which sepa- 

 rates the second from the third digit. 



In the fore foot (PI. VIII. fig. 6) the plantar pad is of nor- 

 mal size, and its three main elements are defined by compara- 

 tively deep grooves, and there is a large pollical lobe, broad in 

 front and narrow behind, in contact with the internal lateral 

 lobe. Its narrow posterior portion is in contact with the 

 radial or internal carpal pad, which is long and narrow, and is 

 in contact throughout the greater part of its length with the 

 ulnar or external carpal pad, which is a little longer and 



