1868.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE HY^NAD.E. 525 



Striped Hycena, Peun, 



Hycena virgata, Hodgs. MS., P. Z. S. 1856, p. 397. 



H.fasciata, Thunb. 



Hub. North, West, and South Africa. 



2. Crocuta. 



Subanal gland none. Tubercular grinders of the upper jaw small, 

 with two roots. Flesh-tooth of the under (?) jaw with unequal lobes ; 

 the front lobe small, and the hinder one broad. Fur spotted. The 

 hinder legs short. 



Crocuta, Kaup, Gray. 



Crocuta maculata. B.M. 



Canis crocuta, Erxl. Syst. 575. 



Hycena crocuta, Zimmerm. Geogr. ii. 256 ; Busk, Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 1866, p. 71. 

 H. capensis, Desm. Mamm. 216. 

 H. maculata, Thunb. Acad, de St. Petersb. iii. 303. 

 ?^. rufa, Cuv. Oss. Foss. 

 Spotted Hycena, Penn. Syn. 162, t. 17. 

 Tyger wolff, Kolbe, Vorgeb. 171, t. 8. f. 5. 

 Crocuta maculata, Kaup, Isis, 1829, p. 1144. 

 Hah. South Africa. 



Section II. Teeth rudimentary, far apart. 



3. Proteles. 



Grinders ^^, far apart, rudimentary; no hinder upper tuber- 

 cular grinder. 



G. and F. Cuvier arranged this genus with the Viverrce, Blaiuville 

 with the Dogs. It has the external form and colours of the Hycena. 



Proteles lalandii. Aard Wolf. B.M. 



Grey, black-banded. 



Proteles lalandii, I. Geoff. Me'm. Mus. xi. 370, t. 20 ; Blainville, 

 Osteog. (Canis) t. 4 (skeleton). 



Viverra hycenoides, Desm. Mamm. 538. 



Genette hyeno'ide, Cuv. Os. Foss. iv. 388. 



Civette hyendide, F. Cuv. Diet. Sc. Nat. xii. 300. 



Proteles cristatus, I. Geoffr. Mag. de Zool. 1841, i, t. 30 (skull) ; 

 Gerrard, Cat. of Bones of Mamm. 70. 



Hab. South Africa : Cape of Good Hope. 



