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



and outer tubercle and a posterior cingulum) added on behind it. 

 P^ is like p^, and j^--^, is like p^, with a small basal anterior cusp 

 added, g-^ is like p-j, only with rather more talon ; but ^^ is a 

 quite extraordinary tooth : it is like ^-^ of Genetta, with the 

 addition of an enormous talon bearing five tubercles, three external 

 and two internal ; it is like both p-^ and jj-^ of the permanent 

 dentition ankylosed together, only the three anterior cusps are not 

 in the same antero-posterior line as they are in p^. 



I can find no record as to the existence of any prescrotal gland, or 



Milk-teeth of Cynogale. 



A. Grinding-surface of upper series, with the addition of d^ twice the natural 

 size. B. Side view of upper series. 0. Side view of lower series. D. 

 Grinding-surface of lower series. E. Fourth lower molar, twice the 

 natural size. 



as to the condition of its anal region. De Blainville says that "la 

 langue est garnie de papilles cornees," that the large intestine is 

 6 inches long, the csecuni 6 lines, and the small intestine 4 inches. 



Cynogale, so far as known, agrees with Viverra in the characters 

 before given, except as regards nos. 23, 24, 35, 37, 40, 43, 44, 47, 

 bU, and .56. 



The characters of this small third section of the Viverrine sub- 

 family may be thus drawn out : — 



