1882.] PROF. ST. -GEORGE MIVART ON THE ^LUROIDEA. 191 



The outermost upper incisor is caniniform, and nearly as large as 

 is the adjacent canine. ~ is a little separate from and a little larger 

 than the canine, which it closely resembles. -^ is also caniniform, 

 with a talon : it is separated by a long diastema from -^-; and 

 another about as long separates it from ^^. ^^ is a narrow, antero- 

 posteriorly elongated tooth, with a conical backwardly-directed 

 middle cusp, and with a small anterior cusp and a larger posterior 

 one, at the base of the middle cusp. — , — , ^ and ^^ all join 

 without diastemata. — has one large median cusp, with one small 

 anterior and one rather large posterior cusp, and with a small internal 

 cusp placed opposite the junction of the anterior and middle cusps. 

 ^^ has two equal-sized outer cusps, and an inner cusp (larger than 

 that of — ) opposite their junction. The anterior outer cusp 

 answers to the anterior outer one of — ^. -^ shows also a minute 

 rudiment of a cusp answering to the postero-outer one of -^ . -1- 

 is very similar to ^^; but its inner cusp is smaller, and placed oppo- 

 site to the more anterior of the two outer cusps. 



The outermost lower incisor has the postero-outer angle of its crown 

 slightly produced. The canine is like it, save that this angle is more 

 produced. The teeth p-^, p^-^, p^, and p^ are all separated by 

 diastemata (of which that between p-^ and p-j is the longest), while 

 p— , j^— , and ,y-T adjoin the one to the other, p-y is caniniform. 

 p-^ is also caniniform, with the addition of a minute anterior cusp 

 and a slight talon, p-^ has a talon which develops two small 

 cusps, while the anterior cusp is more developed than in p-^. p-^ 

 is like p-|, with all its cusps more developed save the principal 

 cusp. jj-T has three external cusps (whereof the posterior cusp is 

 the smallest), with an internal cusp placed opposite to the hinder 

 part of the middle outer cusp, jj-^ is similar to -g-j, save that the 

 postero-external cusp is relatively larger and subdivided, and that 

 the internal cusp is connected with it and with the antero-external 

 cusp by ridges. Here jj-^ not only equals, but (at least sometimes) 

 even exceeds ^j— ^ in size. 



In the milk-dentition (judging from De Blainville's figure) — 

 and — may resemble — ^ and -^ ; but 1573 and 571 are unlike any 

 of the permanent teeth, since they seem each to consist of two nearly 

 equally developed external cusps, and they are much more sec- 

 torial in character than are the teeth which succeed them, whether 

 from below or from behind. In a word, the milk-dentition is 

 more carnivorous and less insectivorous than are the permanent 

 teeth. 



Both the internal condyle and olecranal fossa of the humerus are 

 perforated. There are no signs of scent-glands. 



I can find no record of the anatomy of its soft parts. 



It appears to me that, of all other Viverridce, Eupleres comes nearest 



