56 Mr. E. R. Lankester on a new Species of Hyaena 



transversely in the middle of the elytron, the space anterior and 

 posterior to this large spot being nearly free from markings. 



Long. 3-4 lin. 6 ? . 



Ega; less common than the type*. 



[To be continued.] 



VII. — On a new Species of Hyanafrom the Red Crag of Suffolk. 



By E. Ray Lankester. 



[Plate VIII.] 



Most of the terrestrial Mammals of the Red Crag strata in 

 England are known by few and fragmentary specimens, consist- 

 ing either of teeth or portions of sea-worn jaws. The species at 

 present recognized amount to thirteen ; they are as follows, and 

 are nearly all identical with species from Miocene beds on the 

 continent of Europe : — Rhinoceros Schleiermacheri, Kaup ; Ta- 

 pirus priscus, Kaup ; Sus palaochcerus, Kaup ; Sus antiquus, 

 Kaup; Equus, sp., Owen; Hipparion, sp., Owen; Mastodon 

 angustidens, Owen; Cervus dicranoceros, Kaup; Megaceros, sp., 

 Owen ; Felis pardoides, Owen ; Pterodon, sp., Owen ; Canis, sp., 

 Owen ; Ursus, sp., Owen. 



The relations of land and water at the time of the deposition 

 of the Red Crag it is not my intention to discuss, although the 

 presence of a Miocene land-fauna associated with marine Mol- 

 lusca of an eminently arctic type may have some important 

 bearings on that subject. Attention is merely drawn to the fact 

 as showing the necessity of a comparison with Miocene species 

 in attempting to identify any apparently new Mammalia from 

 the older Crags of Suffolk. 



Figs. 5, 6, 7, PI. VIII., are drawings of a tooth belonging to 

 a species of Hyaena which the author obtained from the Red 



* The following Rio-Janeiro species belongs also to section 2 of the 

 genus Sporetus. It has a strong resemblance to Pro^atius ludicrus, and is 

 confounded with it in some collections : — 



S. probatioides. Oblongus sive ellipticus, purpureo-fuscus, sericeus, 

 cinereo maculatus. Caput fuscum, sericeum. Antennae longissimse, 

 breviter setosse, purpureo-fuscae, articulis (tribus basalibus, 7"° et 9" 

 exceptis) basi griseis. Thorax convexus; spinis lateralibus minutis 

 mox pone medium sitis ; dorso fusco angulis et margine posticis ob- 

 scure cinereo maculatis. Elytra apice subsinuato-truncata, angulis 

 obtusis, dorso nigro-setosa, punctata, purpureo-fusca, sericea, guttis 

 sex basalibus, maculis duabus lateralibus (una magna ante medium, 

 altera parva pone medium) et signaturis apicalibus cinereis. Corpus 

 subtus griseum. Pedes subelongati, obscure castanei, griseo annulati, 

 baud setosi ; feraoribus valde clavatis. Maris segmento apicali abdo- 

 minis emarginato. Long. 4i lin. <?. Hab. lUo Janeiro, a Dom. 

 Squires lecto. 



