766 PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON £LURUS FULGENS. {[ Nov. 15, 
front, rounded posteriorly, compressed in the middle, where it is 
triangular in section, broad above and narrow below, the sides being 
longitudinally grooved, and rather depressed and spatulate at its an- 
terior extremity *. 

a b 
Bone of the penis; natural size. 
a. Iorsal surface. 4. Side view. 
The portion of the urethra between the urinary bladder and penis 
is fusiform, the walls being thickened, but presents no distinct salient 
prostate gland. The vasa deferentia enter near the middle of this 
portion ; and there are neither vesiculze seminales nor Cowper’s glands, 
—-Alurus agreeing in all these respects with the other aretoid carni- 
vores. ‘The testes are ‘8’ in length, and °5” in greatest thickness. 
Anal glands +.—In the usual position, on each side of the termina- 
tion of the rectum, is an oval or, rather, pyriform body (g), with its 
broadest end directed forwards, °8” in length and *5” in greatest 
thickness. It has a thin muscular covering developed out of the 
sphineter ani, and which is prolonged backwards as a strong muscular 
hand, encireling the anus posteriorly, and in front is inserted into 
the under surface of the penis at the junction of the ecrura. The 
levator ani (/a) is inserted just above the sphincter, in the fissure 
between it and the muscular coat of the rectum. The retractor penis 
(vp) arises from the anterior surface of the reetum, just below, or 
external to, the anterior portion of the sphincter. 
Each gland is a very thin-walled capsule, with a smooth, rather 
shining, lining membrane, and was filled with a soft, cheesy, yel- 
lowish-white substance. Its orifice is placed rather in front of the 
middle of the sae, and opens just within the lateral margin of the 
anus. 
A circle, an inch in diameter, areund the anus is quite free from 
hair, and covered with a soft, pale-coloured, corrugated skin, with 
numerous large sebaceous glands. There is no supra-anal follicle 
or group of glands. 
* Jn the relative size and form of the os penis, 4/wrus rather resembles the 
true Bears than the typical Procyonide, in all of which animals this structure 
is very greatly developed and usually bilobed anteriorly. In Procyon it is 4" in 
length, in Naswa 5" to 24", and in Bassaris 2”. 
+ The existence of these glands is denied by Hodgson, Joe. cit. p. 1124. The 
same author remarks that /urus is free from all offensive odour ; but Dr. 
Simpson (P. Z. 8.1869, p. 507) says that it has “ the. power of emitting a strong 
odour of musk when excited.” 
