148 CARNIVORA. 



two mandibles figured by Filhol in the Ann. Soc. Sci. 

 Phys. Nat. Toulouse, 1882, pi. v. figs. 2, 4. There is a 

 well-marked cingulum on the outer surface of m . 1. The 

 space occupied by the five middle cheek-teeth is 0,045, 

 and the depth of the jaw at the carnassial 0,016. 



Bravard Collection. Purchased, 1852. 



M. 1687. The nearly complete right ramus of the mandible, con- 

 taining the alveoli of the incisors, the canine, and all the 

 cheek-teeth except m. 2 ; from the Upper Eocene of Bach, 

 near Lalbenque (Lot), France. This specimen, which is 

 represented in the accompanying woodcut (fig. 20), is 



Fig. 20. 



Cephalogale brevirostris (Croizet). The right ramus of the mandible ; 

 from the Upper Eocene of Bach. \. 



intermediate in size between the larger of the two man- 

 dibles figured by Filhol (Ann. Soc. Sci. Phys. Nat. Toulouse, 

 1882, pi. v. fig. 4) under the name of Ceplialogale minor, 

 and the one figured by the same writer in the Ann. Sci. 

 Geol. vol. x. pi. xviii. fig. 10, under the name of C. brevi- 

 rostris. The space occupied by the five middle cheek- 

 teeth is 0,0475, that by the four premolars 0,032, and the 

 depth of the jaw at the carnassial 0,0176. 



Purchased, 1884. 



M. 1688. The anterior portion of the right ramus of the mandible, 

 containing the alveolus of the canine, the four premolars, 

 and the blade of the carnassial ; from the Upper Eocene 

 of Bach. This specimen agrees very closely with the one 

 figured by Filhol in the Ann. Sci. Geol. vol. x. pi. xviii. 

 fig. 10, under the name of C. brevirostris. The length of 



