192 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ZLUROIDEA. [Feb. 7, 
to the genus Hemigalidia; but the presence of the intercondyloid 
canal of the humerus and the very exceptional dentition—exceptional 
not only amongst the Viverride, but amongst all Carnivora—in- 
clines me to consider it the type of a subfamily, the Zuplerine. 
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Claws of Viverride, drawn to the same scale. 
A. Genetta senegalensis. B. Paradoxurus. C. Arctictis. D. Hemigalea. 
E. Qynogale. F. Cryptoprocta. G. Herpestes. H. Suricata. I. Galidictis 
striata. J. Galidia elegans, K. Hemigalidia olivacea. WL. Eupleres. 
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 cranil. 
(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. 
(17) Pollex and hallux both present. 
(18) Ceecum (?) 
(19) Tarsus and metatarsus clothed with short hair. 
(20) Nose and upper lip medianly grooved. 
