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non; both are inserted into the pisiforme. In Hyena striata and 
Crocuta it only arises from the inner condyle of 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 alittle more’. In Hyena 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 lumbéricales in the Genet are asin the Cat. In the Civet 
there are sometimes but three’, though there are four in Hyena 
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 Hyenine. 
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.” 
‘Tn 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 
vagine femoris, and biceps femoris 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- 
1 Mr. Young says “lower third” (Z. c. p. 171). 
2 Mr. Young (i. c. p. 172) found four. 
° Macalister, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. vol. i. (1869-74) p. 510. 
4 P.Z.8. 1879, p. 100. 
® Cuvier says it only goes to the femur (Lecons d’Anat. Comp. i. p. 520), 
