360 NOTES ON THE CANIDZ OF THE WHITE RIVER OLIGOCENE. 
few specimens of these phalanges which I have seen are without the bony hood around 
the base of the claw, having much the appearance of the unguals in the viverrine genus 
Cynogale. It is possible that the apparent absence of the hood may be due to the break- 
ing away of that delicate structure, but this does not seem very likely. 
Measurements. 
No. 10546. | No, 11421. No. 11424. No. 11423. No. 11425. 
is 
C@alcanenmemlen otiltscanae eaeeare) leben series eee tentel see seiaeeeeleee rena eter | 0.045 0.044 0.051 0.055 
of dorso-plantar Ciameter.....-..-..cceeeeeeeeeeseeeeee eee eee 016 | -015 -020 020 
“ Tenet Grit aber ee eee ie. eee tee coche ie. | 028 036 040 
gs extreme distal bread th........-.0..sssseceescecereeeenneneee Ole | 017 -022 022 
Astragalus, length ........... os gdaQoasdounocamnaqassoanoTH0OO usanSCo nEReeDOoG -027 -031 031 
m PLOXimal Dread th. .....-......2.0-c-veceeeees eacceseerecneeere .018 .021 -022 
= width of head..... nace 014 -016 -019 
CITTSORGL, THEI] 118, .oxoscn9c0060 426500000 AnasaqnocAobsoanARoEtaasboDNSsDsedns0CO 015 .016 
G0 SGVAKE I a cosace osedosasnnosqnoo¢bono pescSayaacan 59ND Den GaboSssaxED|TOOOIe | O11 -012 
Navictlar, Width..........-:.cccesccsscneeecenccnereennecuseesenewnccsrecenees | O17 O19 
Ectocuneiform, width ..... 010 O10 
Metnbarsal to longthe.dvss.cte.ctee st teeta there echroes ccna] Weneost 
s Dreadth prox. CNd..........cccscccsecneceneeensereerecscnees -009 010 | 
i oe dist, °° 007 
Metatarsal ii, length. .-...-2...0...0.c0ssccnssesecaecceecessccnercoenecrenre .044 
a breadth prox. end ........c.sccecceeeceeeeceererereeecseneee .006 007 | 
“ ia) Gddsbaoek hed arate ec are meee | .009 | 
Metatarsal iii, length | -054 
= Dreadth prox. CNd......-...ssccessceseceeeeeceseneceecerens -009 O11 
" eFIn Hi cEMEIND naa us atte TE eae 0105 | 
Metatarsal iv, length ....--...scceesssccneecccsceceneesceccectensssenseeseane | -056 
ss breadth prox. end... 006 
ie G6 GbE, © joononsmocoocadanoccbcesaceHbcanacaqccNeC .010 
Metatarsal vy, breadth prox. Cn) .......-..ceeeeeereeeereeccneeneeesseneers -O11 
The species of Daphenus hitherto recognized are three in number, two of them, D. 
vetus Leidy and D. hartshornianus Cope, from the White River stage, and the third, D. 
cuspigerus Cope, from the John Day. Two additional species are described in the sequel, 
one of which, however, can be referred only provisionally to the genus, until more com- 
plete material has been obtained, though the species in question is evidently very closely 
allied to Daphenus, if not actually referable to it. 
Dapuenvs vetus Leidy. 
Dephanus vetus Leidy, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila, 1853, p. 393. Amphicyon vetus 
Leidy, ibid., 1854, p. 157; 1857, p. 90.. Hxtinet Mamm. Fauna of Dakota and 
Nebraska, pp. 32, 369. Cope, Tertiary- Vertebrata, p. 896. 
This species has a skull about equal to that of the coyote (Canis latrans) in size, 
