FELID-E. 65 



an almost complete transition from more typical species of 

 the genus to the viverrine Palceoprionodon. 



Purchased, 1884. 



Genus PRO-ffiLURUS, Filhol \ 



Dentition : I. |, C. \, Pm. J, M. |. This genus is doubtfully 

 placed in the present family ; it seems to connect Pseudcelurus with 

 the viverrine Palceoprionodon, and also exhibits affinity with the 

 Mustelidce. There is a talon and 1 a small inner cusp to the lower 

 carnassial. The first lobe of P]^- 4 is rudimentary or wanting. 



Proaelurus lemanensis, Filhol 2 . 

 Hob. France. 



M. 1645. Hinder portion of the left ramus of the mandible, show- 

 ing the third and fourth premolars, the carnassial (broken), 

 and the alveolus of the minute in. 2 ; from the Upper 

 Eocene of Bach, near Lalbenque (Lot), France. This 

 specimen agrees precisely with the mandibles figured by 

 Filhol in the Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. x. pi. xxvi. figs. 7-10. 



Purchased, 1884. 



M. 1646. Two specimens of the right maxilla of a Carnivore, 

 probably belonging to the present species ; from the Upper 

 Eocene of Bach. The more perfect specimen contains 

 the third premolar and the carnassial, and the alveoli of 

 pm. 2 and m- 1, behind which there was no other tooth. 

 The carnassial is musteline, having a rudimentary anterior 

 lobe, and the third premolar is feline. The teeth agree so 

 exactly in size and general character with those of the 

 mandible, that there is every probability that the maxilla 

 belongs to the same species. The length of the upper 

 carnassial is 0,014. Purchased, 1884. 



Genus -ffiLUROGALE, Filhol 3 . 

 Dentition :-L f, C. 1, Pm . _1_, M . ^. 



1 Ann. Sci. G6ol. vol. x. art. 3, p. 192 (1879), Proailurus. 



Ibid. 

 3 Ibid. vol. iii. art. 7, p. 14 (1872). 



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