324 SUPPLEMENT. 



(Kep, U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr. vol. iii.), Book i. pi. Ixiv. 

 fig. 5 (1884). Presented by R. LydeTcTcer, Esq., 1885. 



M. 2567 a. Fragment of tho mandible with the cheek-teeth ; from 

 the White Kiver. Presented by R. Lydekker, Esq., 3885. 



Section HYSTRICOMOKPHA. 



Family HYSTRICID^E (pt. i. p. 246). 



Genus HYSTRIX (pt. i. p. 247). 



Hystrix crassidens, Lydekker l . 



Considerably larger than H. hirsutirostris, from which it is dis- 

 tinguished by the upper incisors being wider than the lower. 

 Hob. India. 



M. 3448. Several cheek-teeth and imperfect mandibular rami ; 



from the caverns of Billa-Surgam, Karnul district, Madras. 



Other specimens are described and figured by the writer in 



the ' Palseontologia Indica,' ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 37, pi. viii. 



Presented by the Director of the Geological 



Survey of India, 1886. 



M. 3448 a. Several imperfect specimens of the humerus and ulna ; 

 from the same locality. Same history. 



Genus ATHERUR A, Cuvier 2 . 



Cheek-teeth as in Hystrix, but spines flattened, and tail long and 

 scaly. 



Atherura karnuliensis, Lydekker 3 . 



Somewhat larger than A. fasciculata, and distinguished by the 

 greater bevelling of the lateral borders of the anterior surface of the 

 upper incisors. The skull is unknown. 



Hab. India. 



M. 3444. A lower incisor ; from a cavern at Billa-Surgam, Karnul 



district, Madras. Other specimens are described and 



figured by the writer in the < Palaeontologia Indica,' ser. 10, 



vol. iv. p. 38, pi. viii. Presented by the Director of the 



Geological Survey of India, 1886. 



1 Palseoutologia Indica (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol.iv. p. 37 (1886). 



2 Regne Animal, 2nd ed. vol. i. p. 215 (1829), Atherure 



3 Palaeontologia Indica (Mem. Geol. Surv. Ind.), ser. 10, vol. iv. p. 38 (1886). 



