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Ursus cultridens, Cuvier. 



Ursus cultridens arvernensis, Or. and J obert. 



Ursus drepanodon, Nesti. 



Hab. S. Europe. 



59674. Cast of the dental portion of the upper and lower jaws. 

 The original is from the Lower Pliocene of Pikermi, 

 Attica, and is preserved in the Museum at Munich ; it is 

 figured by Roth and Wagner in the Abh. math.-phys. Cl. 

 k.-bay. Ak. Wiss. vol. vii. pi. ix. fig. 1, under the name of 

 M. leoninus, and by Kaup in the ' Beitrage,' pt. 5, pi. ii. 

 fig. 2 (1861), under the name of M. cultridens. The spe- 

 cimen exhibits pm. 3 and pm. 4, and the three mandibular 

 cheek-teeth. Purchased, 1879. 



11929. Cast of the left upper canine. The original is from Puy-de- 

 Dome (? Lower Pliocene), and is preserved in the Paris 

 Museum ; it is figured by De Blainville in the ' Osteo- 

 graphie,' genus Felis, plate xvii. 



Mantell Collection. Purchased, 1836. 



49674. Cast of the right ramus of the mandible. The original is 

 from the Lower Pliocene of Pikermi, and is preserved in 

 the Museum at Munich. It is figured by Wagner in 

 the Abh. math.-phys. Cl. k.-bay. Ak. Wiss. vol. vii. pi. v. 

 fig. 11, under the name of M. leoninus. From its slender 

 form and small canine, this specimen may probably be 

 referred to a female. Purchased, 1879. 



49967 a. Anterior portion of the left ramus of the mandible ; from 

 the Upper Miocene of Eppelsheim, Hesse Darmstadt. The 

 crown of the canine, and the summits of pmT4 and ^7T are 

 broken away, but nTl is perfect. This specimen belongs 

 to Kaup's so-called Fells aphanista ; but appears to differ in 

 no respect from the mandible of No. 49674. No history. 



M. 413. Cast of part of the right ramus of the mandible. The 

 original is from the Upper Miocene of Eppelsheim. 



Egerton Collection. Purchased, 1882. 



40873. A fragment of the upper canine of a Machcerodus, probably 

 belonging to the present species ; locality unknown. 



Presented by C. Falconer, Esq., 1867. 



28845 x. Wax model of a right upper canine, of comparatively small 

 size. The original is from the Lower Pliocene of the Yal 

 d'Arno, Italy. Presented by J. B. Pentland, Esq., 1853. 



