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N. narica. 2259. Aged ......... 5 1/3 4110/1 0/3 3 0 11 2 © 
2254. Aged ......... 5 0/3 5/1 1123/1 zo 8 10 11 (2 02 
225 a. Aged ......... 5 0/3 Ol 113/0 11 (3 2310 9 |2 1 
220 he Adulte 4 9/2 91 911 O18 Oo lo 10 {1 10 
220% PG.4.<.oE 9/2 81 8/1 0/8 110 9 jl 92 
225 f. Skull B.M. ...|4 6 2 51 8/0 11 |g 11340 9/1 9 
NV. rufa... 224, Adult ......... 4 8272 61 7101113 0 O 92/1 10 
DIEU ah ties cee 4 6/2 71 731 O12 11-10 1] jl 92 
22H Coy Se te 8 8/2 61 8 Io 933 00 8211 10 
3. NASUA OLIVACEA. B.M. 
Olive-brown, grizzled ; hairs black-brown, with a yellowish sub- 
terminal ring ; under fur black ; face pale; orbits, legs, and feet 
blackish brown; chest yellowish grey ; tail short, with black rings 
and a black tip. 
Nasua olivacea, Gray, Cat. Mam. B. M. App. 195 (not described). 
Hab. Santa Fé de Bogota. 
I do not know 
1. Nasua solitaria, Pr. Max. Beitr. ii. 292. 
2. N. nocturna, Pr. Max. Beitr. ii. 292, from Brazil. 
3. N. monticola, Tschudi, Fauna Peruana, 102, t. 5, from Peru. 
Are they distinct ? 
Tribe 3. Procyontna, 
Nose short ; underside flat, with a central longitudinal groove. 
7. Procyon. 
Procyon, Storr; G. Cuvier, 1798; De Blainy. Ostéogr. Subursus, 
t13. 
Lotor, Tiedem. 
Head broad, depressed. Ears small, ovate. Muzzle short, coni- 
cal. Muffle large; under surface covered with hair, without any 
central groove. Nostril subhorizontal, on hinder edge of muffle. 
Body stout. Tail moderately long, black-ringed. Toes 5/5, front toe 
elongate. Soles bald, furrowed, but without pads. Claws falcate. 
Skull short ; orbit incomplete, contracted above and below only. 
Teeth 40; canines sharp-edged ; premolars 4/4, 4/4, three front 
small, conical; hinder set broad, like flesh-teeth ; flesh-teeth ] fi 
upper oblong, transverse; molars | A a al upper ovate, transverse. 
“* Prefers the vicinity of running water, where bushes are thick, or 
hollow trees, in which it makes its bed; when pursued, it takes im- 
mediately to the water, swimming with great rapidity and ease. The 
flesh is highly esteemed by the Mexicans (who cali it Tejou) as an 
article of food. It throws itself on its back in a state of defence, 
