138 PROF, ST,-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ZLUROIDEA. [Feb. 7, 
3. Paroccipital process applied to and, asit were, spread over the 
hinder part of the bulla. 
4, Mastoid process never very salient, often obsolete. 
. Carotid canal small, sometimes very inconspicuous. 
6. Condyloid fissure concealed. 
7. Glenoid fissure extremely minute or absent. 
8. Czecum short and simple, very rarely absent. 
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. Bone of penis generally small and irregularly shaped. 
. Cowper’s gland present. 
. A distinctly lobed prostate. 
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Fig. 1. 
In the above diagram the Herpestine genera are represented as 
somewhat separated by a constriction from the Civets and Para- 
doxures. In the text the author tells us! “‘all the Herpestine 
members of the Viverride (Cynopoda, Gray) present certain com- 
mon characters of this region by which they can be readily recog- 
nized. The bulla is very prominent and somewhat pear-shaped, the 
larger, rounded end being turned backwards and somewhat outwards ; 
a well-marked transverse constriction separates the two chambers, 
which are directly anterior and posterior. . . . The Suricate presents 
the same essential characters in a very modified form.” 
As to the Hyznas, Professor Flower appears to hesitate some- 
what as to whether they should form ‘‘a fourth primary division of 
1 Loe. cit. p. 20. 
