100 CARNIVORA. 



in the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 271, 

 pi. xxxiiii. fig. 3. This species is the largest known 

 Civet ; and in respect of dental characters is more nearly 

 allied to the Indian V. zibetha and V. bakeri than to the 

 African V. civetta ; presenting in some respects characters 

 intermediate between the two former. In its cranial cha- 

 racters it is markedly distinct from each of the other three 

 species. Presented by Prof. George Busk, 1883. 



37150. Anterior portion of the cranium, wanting the extremity of 

 (Fig.) the premaxillfe and all the teeth, which have fallen from 

 their sockets ; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. 

 This specimen is figured by Falconer and Cautley in 

 the ' Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,' pi. Q. figs. 2, 2 , where 

 it is doubtfully referred to Canis ; and is described by 

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

 vol. ii. p. 273. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



37131. Hinder portion of the cranium of a large Civet, apparently 

 belonging to the present species ; from the Pliocene of the 

 Siwalik Hills. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



Viverra hastingsise, Davies 1 . 



This species is about the size of Canis vulpes, and presents cha- 

 racters connecting it with Herpestes and Cynodictis ; its nearest 

 ally probably being Viverra antiqua of the Lower Miocene of 

 St. Gerand-le-Puy. 



Hob. England. 



30203. The associated cranium and mandible ; from the Headon beds 

 (Fig.) (Upper Eocene) of Hordwell, Hampshire. This specimen 

 is the type of the species, and is described and figured by 

 Davies in the Geol. Mag. dec. 3, vol. i. p. 433, pi. xv. 

 The specimen, which is figured in the woodcuts (figs. 11 

 and 12), is on the whole in very perfect condition, and 

 exhibits all the dentition. The anterior cervical vertebrae 

 are still in contact with the occiput. The penultimate 

 upper premolar (pm. 3, fig. 12) exhibits an inner cusp, as 

 in Herpestes. The upper carnassial (pm. 4, fig. 12) and 

 the true molars (m. 1, m. 2) are also like the corresponding 

 teeth of that genus. The inner cusp of mTT is largely 

 developed. Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. 



1 Geol. Mag. dec. 3, vol. i. p. 437 (1884). 



