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PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ^LUROIDEA. [Feb. 7, 



3. Paroccipital process applied to and, as it were, spread over the 

 hinder part of the bulla. 



4. Mastoid process never very salient, often obsolete. 



5. Carotid canal small, sometimes very inconspicuous. 



6. Condyloid fissure concealed. 



7. Glenoid fissure extremely minute or absent. 



8. Caecum short and simple, very rarely absent. 



9. Bone of penis generally small and irregularly shaped. 



10. Cowper's gland present. 



1 1 . A distinctly lobed prostate. 



Fig. 1. 



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In the above diagram the Herpestine genera are represented as 

 somewhat separated by a constriction from the Civets and Para- 

 doxures. In the text the author tells us ^ " all the Herpestine 

 members of the Viverridce (Cynopoda, Gray) present certain com- 

 mon characters of this region by which they can be readily recog- 

 nized. The bulla is very prominent and somewhat pear-shaped, the 

 larger, rounded end being turned backwards and somewhat outwards ; 

 a well-marked transverse constriction separates the two chambers, 

 which are directly anterior and posterior. . . . The Suricate presents 

 the same essential characters in a very modified form." 



As to the Hyajnas, Professor Flower appears to hesitate some- 

 what as to whether they should form "a fourth primary division of 



^ Loc. oit, p. 20. 



