316 SUPPLEMENT. 



Suffolk, and is preserved in tho Museum at Ipswich ; it is 

 described and figured by tho present writer in the ' Quart. 

 Journ. Geol. Soc.' vol. xlii. p. 365, fig. 1. The reasons for 

 the foregoing synonymy are given in that paper. 



Made in the Museum, 1886. 



Family VIVERRID^E (pt. i. p. 93). 



Genus VTVERRA (pt. i. p. 98). 

 Viverra karnuliensis, Lydekker *. 



This species is about the same size as V. zibetha, from which it is 

 distinguished by the more elongated premolars, in which respects it 

 agrees with the Siwalik V. bakeri (pt. i. p. 99) and approaches Icti- 

 therium. The species may have been the descendant of V. bakeri 

 and the progenitor of V. zibetha. 



Hab. India. 



M. 2961. Cast of a portion of the left ramus of the mandible, 

 showing the carnassial and the alveoli of the last three 

 premolars. The original, which is the type and only 

 specimen, was obtained from a cavern at Billa-Surgam, 

 Karnul district, Madras, and is preserved in the Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta ; it is described and figured by the 

 writer in the ' Paleeontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. iv. 

 p. 31, pi. vii. figs. 6, 6 a. 



Presented by the Director of the Geological 

 Survey of India, 1886. 



Genus HERPESTES (pt. i. p. 104). 



f^trprSteS jjrfeeuS, Desmarest 2 . 

 Hob. India. 



M. 2966. Four imperfect specimens of the humerus ; from a cave 

 at Billa-Surgam, Karnul district, Madras. Other speci- 

 mens are described and figured by the writer in the 

 1 Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 32, pi. vii. 

 figs. 7-9. Presented by the Director of the' Geological 



Survey of India, 1886. 



1 Eec. Geol. Surv. Ind. vol. xix. p. 120 (188). 

 a Mammalogie, p. 212 (1820). 



