712 



4567. Three posterior dorsal vertebrae. 



The metapophyses support part of the articular surface of the prozygapophyses. 



4568. Two lumbar vertebrae. 



In these, as in the posterior dorsals, the anapophyses are distinct from the metapophyses, 

 but the diapophyses are now lengthened out by connate pleurapophyses. 



4569. The sacrum. 



It consists of three anchylosed vertebrae. 



4570. Two thoracic ribs. 4571. The ossa innominata. 



4572. The right patella. 4573. The right tibia. 



4')74. The right fibula. 4575. The left humerus. 



4576. The left radius. 4577. The right ulna. 



4578. The left scapula. 4579. The right femur. 



4580. The palatal, maxillary and mandibular bones of the Puma (Felis concolor). 



The deciduous carnassials are retained in the upper and lower jaws. 



Hunterian. 



4581. The skull of the Cheetah (Felis jubata). 



The calvarium has been removed. The premolar, p 2, is retained, but of extremely small 

 size, on the right side of the upper jaw : it is wanting on the left side of the same jaw. The 

 longitudinal grooves are not present in either the upper or lower canines. 



Presented by the Zoological Society of London. 



4582. The atlas of the same Cheetah. 



The canal for the vertebral artery, after perforating the transverse process, divides ; the 

 smaller branch penetrates the middle of the neurapophysis, the larger branch notches the 

 front part of the transverse process, and perforates the fore part of the neurapophysis. 



Presented by the Zoological Society of London. 



