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



It is by cranial and dental characters that this genus is distin- 

 guishable, as was pointed out by Dr. Peters and Dr. Gray. The 

 palate is much more prolonged behind the last molars than in any 

 Paradoxure. In Paradoxurus grayii (in which it is more prolonged 

 than in any other Paradoxure) the first molar's length is only 10, the 

 whole cranial length being taken at 100, whilei u A. trivirgata it 

 is 12*6 or even 148, and in the specimen named A. stiginatica 

 13'0. Moreover the hinder portion inclines more or less strongly 



Fig. 8. 



External form of Arctogale. 



upwards as it proceeds backwards, and there is a deep notch with 

 a semicircular or more than semicircular outline on each side of the 

 prolonged median portion. The hinder portion of the alveolar 

 border of the mandible is also singularly everted. 



The teeth of Arctogale are remarkable for their small size and 

 very unsectorial character. — and ~ are very nearly equal in 



