1882.] PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ^LUROIDEA. 495 



non ; both are inserted into the pisiforme. In Hycena striata and 

 Crocuta it only arises from the inner condyle ot" the humerus. 



The flexor carpi radialis is as in the Cat. 



The pronator quadratus extends for about the lowest third of the 

 length of the bones of the forearm (instead of half their length, as 

 in the Cat). It extends for about the lowest quarter in the Civet, 

 or a little more ^ In Hycsna striata it is large ; and in Crocuta it 

 extends up the whole length of the bones of the forearm. It is very 

 large in Hemigalea, and is inserted into the plate-like process of the 

 radius. 



The lumbricales in the Genet are as in the Cat. In the Civet 

 there are sometimes but three*, though there are iowx m Ilycena 

 and Crocuta. 



The flexor brevis pollicis arises by two heads in the Civet, and 

 there is an opponens. There are no muscles furnished to the rudi- 

 mentary pollex of the HycenincB. 



The abductor pollicis arises in the Civet from the ulnar ossicle, 

 and has a long tendon. 



The abductor minimi digiti arises from the annular ligament and 

 pisiform bone in the Civet, and it exists also in Crocuta. A second 

 abductor arises in the Civet from inside the fifth metacarpal, and is 

 inserted into the ulnar sesamoid of the fifth digit. There is also a 

 second flexor brevis minimi digiti arising from the unciforme, and 

 inserted beside the muscle previously mentioned. 



The interossei in the Civet are said to be ^ as follows : — First, a 

 (carpally arising) adductor indicis ; secondly, a metacarpal adductor 

 indicis ; then an adductor annularis ; fourthly, an adductor minimi 

 digiti : the foregoing are palmar interossei. The dorsal interossei 

 are : — First, an abductor indicis ; secondly, an abductor medii digiti ; 

 thirdly, an adductor medii digiti ; fourthly an adductor annularis : 

 these are all bicipital except the third. 



In Crocuta Dr. Watson says ^: — " A deep set of interossei com- 

 prises eight fleshy bundles arranged in pairs, two to each metacarpal." 

 " In addition to these paired muscles are two single ones (palmar 

 interossei). These arise together from the bases of the third and 

 fourth metacarpals. They are distributed to the middle and outer- 

 most digits respectively." 



Muscles of the Pelvic Limb. 



The gluteus maximus, gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, tensor 

 vagince femoris, and biceps femor is are as in the Cat. 



The accessory biceps or tenuissimus is in the Genet as in the 

 Cat ^ except that it is slightly connected with the semitendinosus. 

 In the Civet also it receives a slip, at its insertion, from the semi- 



* Mr. Young says "lower third" {I. c. p. 171). 



^ Mr. Young {I. c. p. 172) found four. 



3 Macalister, Proc. Eoy. Irish Acad. vol. i. (1869-74) p. 510. 



^ P. Z. S. 1879, p. loo. 



5 Cuvier says it only goes to the femur (Lemons d'Aiiat. Comp. i. p. 520), 



