474 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ZLUROIDEA. [June 6, 
trochanter is largely developed, and there is a large process above the 
outer condyle. In Crocuta there is no marked process of the kind, 
and the lesser trochanter is but of moderate size. In Proteles, which 
has a long and slender femur, the small trochanter is little developed, 
but there is a process above the outer condyle. 
The Tibia and Fibula. 
The absolutely longest tibia is 30'2 (Tiger). The greatest pro- 
portional lengths to the spine at 100 are 31-8 (Felis) and 29-1 (Gali- 
dictis). The least proportion in Felis is 24:7. Its least proportion 
in the Viverride is 19°3 (Viverricula); and its greatest after Gali- 
dictis is 28°6 and 28-4 (Genetta and Hemigalidia). I have found 
it equal to the femur in length in Nandinia, Herpestes, Crossarchus, 
and almost so in Proteles. I have found it longer than the femur 
in the Wild Cat and Domestic Cats (but not the large Cats), the 
Civet, Genet, Bdeogale, Cynictis, Suricata, Galidictis, Galidia, and 
Eupleres. 1 have found it shorter than the femur in the larger 
Cats and in Viverricula, Paredoxurus, Hemigalea, Arctictis Cyno- 
gale, Cryptopacta, and the Hyenine. The tibia is always longer 
than the radius, except in the Hyenine, where it is shorter. 
The tibia of Hemigalea is remarkable for the very great projection 
mesiad of the internal malleolus, which allows the pes to be more 
obliquely articulated, so that the plantar surface may be directed 
more inwards than in most Ailuroids. In Paradorurus the same 
condition exists, though in a less marked degree. 
In Eupleres the fibula is exceptionally strong amongst the Viver- 
ride, and the process at its distal end is very strongly developed 
outwards and postaxially. 
The Pes. 
The greatest length of the pes (measured from the front of the 
distal end of the tibia to the end of the fourth digit) is 30”°7 (Felis) ; 
the least is 16”°2 (Crocuta), In the Viverride I have found it range 
from 25”*3 (Galidictis and Suricata) to 16”"3 (Vwerra civetta). The 
length of the pes is always greater than that of the manus, except 
in Crocuta. They are exceptionally equal in Arcétictis, where, the 
manus being as 100, the pes is 119-7. 
The greatest relative length of the fourth metatarsal is 15:1 
(Felis), and the least is 8°0 (Cynogale). The length of the fourth 
metatarsal corresponds with the third metacarpal. 
The metatarsus is proportionally most elongate in the Felidae. 
It is shortest and stoutest in the Viverride, especially in such forms 
as Arctictis, Cynogale, and Hemigalea. 
There is no hallux, save a rudimentary metatarsal, in the Felidae, 
Hyenide, Cynictis, Bdeogale, and Suricata. Though present in 
all the other genera, its length, compared with that of the index 
of the pes, may vary considerably. 
The hallux (when developed) always extends half down the meta- 
tarsal of the index. It may only extend about half down the meta- 
