102 CA.RNIVOBA. 



Viverra angustidens, Filhol l . 

 Hab. France. 



M. 1358. Anterior portion of the left ramus of the mandible, con- 

 taining the canine and the four premolars, the crown of 

 ^1 being broken off; from the Upper Eocene of Caylux 

 (Tarn-et-Garonne), France. This specimen agrees with the 

 type mandible figured by Filhol in the Ann. Sci. Geol. 

 vol. vii. pi. xxvi. figs. 121-2, in the extremely minute size of 

 pmTI; pmT2 is, however, rather smaller in the present 

 specimen than in the type, and has apparently but one root. 



Purchased, 1884. 



Genus AMPHICTIS, Pomel 2 . 



This genus is mainly distinguished from existing species of Viverra 

 by the form of the second lower true molar, which is elongated and 

 implanted by two distinct roots. 



Amphictis antiqua, Pomel 3 . 



The mandible of this species was originally referred by De Blain- 

 ville to his Viverra antiqua (Herpestes antiquus, Pomel), and a simi- 

 lar specimen is figured by P. Gervais in the Zool. et Pal. Franchises, 

 2nd ed. pi. xxviii. figs. 8, 8 a, under the same name, although a 

 doubt is expressed in the text as to the correctness of the generic 

 reference. It has beeen shown by Filhol 4 that there is a very con- 

 siderable probability that the mandibles which he has figured under 

 the name of Herpestes antiquus 5 are really those of Viverra antiqua. 

 The length of the space occupied by the six cheek-teeth in those 

 specimens is 0,041. 



Hab. France. 



31057. Fragment of the right ramus of the mandible, containing 

 the last three premolars, the anterior half of m . i, and the 

 alveoli of the canine and p m . 1 ; from the Lower Miocene of 

 St. Gerand-le-Puy (Allier), France. This specimen appears 

 to agree exactly with the mandible figured by P. Grervais in 

 the Zool. et Pal. Frangaises, 2nd ed. pi. xxviii. figs. 8, 8 a, 

 under the name of Viverra antiqua, which is very similar 



1 Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. vii. art. 7, p. 144 (1876). 

 a Catalogue Methodique, p. 63 (1853). 

 3 Ibid. 



* Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. x. art. 3, p. 166. 



5 The description in the text is headed Herpestes priscus, but in the Arch. 

 Mas. Lyon, vol. iii. art. i. p. 63, this is corrected. 



