90 CAKNIVOKA. 



present writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, 

 vol. ii. p. 306, pi. xxxviii. fig. 5 and xxxix. fig. 7. It is 

 complete, with the exception of the summit of the coronoid 

 process, and shows the whole of the dentition, the cheek- 

 teeth being much worn and the greater part of the crown 

 of the canine broken away. A fragment of the right ramus 

 is attached to the symphysis ; while the condyle is still 

 clasped by the glenoid cavity, which has been torn away 

 from the skull. Behind the carnassial there is the broken 

 root of an exceedingly minute mT2, which the present 

 writer had not detected in the notice quoted above 1 . The 

 small size of this tooth evidently indicates one on the point 

 of disappearance; and from this circumstance, and the 

 absence of pm. 1 and its presence in H. (Hycenictis) grceca, 

 the writer is not inclined to alter his previously expressed 

 opinion as to the advisability of including Hycenictis in 

 Hycena. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



M. 554. Cast of a fragment of the right ramus of the mandible, 

 containing pmTl and niTl, in an unworn condition. The 

 original of this specimen was obtained from the Pliocene 

 Siwaliks of the Punjab, and is preserved in the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta. It has been described and figured by 

 the present writer in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, 

 vol. ii. p. 307, pis. xxxviii. fig. 2 and xxxix. fig. 5. 

 Behind the carnassial there is the empty cylindrical 

 alveolus of a small second true molar, which must, how- 

 ever, have been considerably larger than the corresponding 

 tooth of the last specimen. In this specimen niTl has a 

 large talon (the summit broken) and a relatively small 

 blade, on the inner side of the hinder lobe of which there 

 is a small cusp. Purchased, 1884. 



16585. Fragment of the left ramus of the mandible, containing the 



(Fig.) incisors, canine (broken), and the second and third pre- 



molars ; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This 



specimen is figured by Falconer and Cautley in the 



' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' pi. M. figs. 6, 6 a. 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



15714. Distal portion of the right ramus of the mandible, showing 

 (Fig.) pm72 and pm73, and the broken bases of the incisors, 

 canine, and pmfi ; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. 

 1 It has been made visible by subsequent cleaning. 



