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



to the genas UemigaUdia ; but the presence of the intercondyloid 

 canal of the humerus and the very exceptional dentition— exceptional 

 not only amongst the ViverridcB, but amongst all Carnivora — in- 

 clines me to consider it the type of a subfamily, the Euplerines. 



Fig. 14. 



^ Claws of Vivcrrida, draisTi to the same scale. 



A. Genetia senegaJensis. B. Paradoxurus. C. Arcticth. D. HemJgalea. 

 E. Cifnogale. F. Crypfoprocta. G-. Herpesfes. H. Suricafa. I. Galidictis 

 striata. J. Galidia clegans. K. UemigaUdia olivacea. L. Eiipleres. 



The characters of that subfamily will be : — 



(1) Claws herpestiform. 



(2) No postorbital processes. 



(3) Hinder chamber of bulla not distinctly everted. 



(4) Hinder margin of auditory opening the more projecting. 



(5) Floor of anterior part of auditory bulla not fissured, or per- 



forated, or deeply pitted. 



(6) Angle of mandible not everted. 



(7) Mastoid not prominent. 



(8) Parocciptal processes not depending. 



(9) Aperture of auditory meatus small and more or less oval. 



(10) No alisphenoid canal. 



(11) Carotid artery passing through a conspicuous foramen in 

 the basis cranii. 



(12) No prescrotal glands (?) 



(13) Anus opening on surface of body (?) 



(14) One pair of anal glands (?) 



(15) A supracondyloid foramen to humerus. 



(16) No bony processes indicate the place of an alisphenoid canal. 



( 1 7) Pollex and hallux both present. 



(18) Cfecum(?) 



(19) Tarsus and metatarsus clothed with short hair. 



(20) Nose and upper lip medianly grooved. 



