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Dentition: 1. 1, C. [, Pm. |, M. \. 

 Hob. India. 



37153. The greater part of the cranium, wanting both zygomatic 

 (Fig.) arches and part of the premaxillse ; from the Pliocene of 



the Siwalik Hills, India. This specimen, which, with the 

 two next, is the type of the species, contains the hinder 

 cheek-teeth of the right side, in a broken condition ; there 

 is no sign of the presence of pm. 2. It is figured in 

 'Falconer's Palseontological Memoirs,' vol. i. pi. xxvii. 

 figs. 3, 4, and in supplemental plate P of the ' Fauna 

 Antiqua Sivalensis :' together with the two next specimens 

 it is noticed by the present writer in the ' Palaeontologia 

 Indica/ ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 197. 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



37154. The anterior portion of the cranium, exhibiting the alveoli 

 (Fig.) or the crowns of all the teeth ; from the Pliocene of the 



Siwalik Hills. This specimen is represented in figs. 1, 2 of 

 the above-mentioned plate of 'Falconer's Palseontological 

 Memoirs ' and in plate P of the ' Fauna Antiqua Siva- 

 lensis.' It shows the alveolus of pm. 2, which is of 

 extremely minute size, and also that of the outer incisor, 

 which is of relatively large size. 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



37155. The anterior portion of the cranium, showing the alveoli of 

 (Fig.) the outer incisors and of the canines, and the broken crowns 



of the last three cheek-teeth of the left side ; from the 

 Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This specimen is repre- 

 sented in fig. 5 of the above-mentioned plate of ' Falconer's 

 Palseontological Memoirs,' and in plate P of the ' Fauna 

 Antiqua Sivalensis.' The left upper carnassial of this 

 specimen is represented, of the natural size, in the accom- 



Fig. 29. 



Lutra Sivalensis. Left upper carnassial, broken on the outer side ; from 

 the Siwalik Hills, |. (From the ' Palseontologia Indica.') 



panying woodcut (fig. 29). There is no trace of the 

 alveolus of pm. 2, which tooth was probably absent. 



Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 



