500 PROF. ST.-GEORGE MIVART ON THE ZLUROIDEA. [June 6, 
In the Genet the flattened papille are larger, relatively, than 
in the Civet. There is no median circumvallate papilla, but either 
one elongate one, or two small ones on either side. There is no 
patch of enlarged papilla on the dorsum, but those on the anterior 
half of the part in front of the circumvallate papille are generally 
larger. A large free fold of mucous membrane projects horizontally 
from the anterior part of the freenum on either side of it. 
In Hemigalea there isa marked free fold of membrane, similar 
to that of Genetta. There are three circumvallate papille, one of 
which is median in position, and they form together an angle open 
forwards, not quite so obtuse asin the Civet. The flattened papille 
are small and inconspicuous, and there are no conspicuous fungiform 
papilla. On the other hand, the conical papillee are specially modi- 
fied on the anterior half of the tongue so as to form an oblong patch 
of enlarged, but smooth papillee at that part. This patch, however, 
is by no means so well defined a patch as that which exists in certain 
other genera, e. g. Galidia, Herpestes, and Crossarchus. 
The tongue of Nandinia is like that of Viverra eivetta, except it 
is more pointed and has a relatively stouter lytta. The fungiform 
papille, though scattered generally over its dorsum, are smaller and 
less conspicuous. There are only two circumvallate papilla, there 
being no median one. The flattened papille are larger and more 
conspicuous, but not so large as (though more close set than) in 
Felis. 
Aretictis has a tongue like that of the Civet, except that there is 
a greater difference of aspect between the anterior and the posterior 
halves of its dorsum. On its anterior half the conical papillee are 
more conspicuous ; and on its posterior half the fungiform papillz are 
less so. Speaking generally, the fungiform papillze are conspicuous 
and the conical papillee are small. There are seven or eight circum- 
vallate papille, which together form an angle of about 75°. The 
flattened papille are hardly so conspicuous as in Nandinia. 
In the specimen of Herpestes I examined there were only three 
cireumvallate papille, and they were placed almost in a straight - 
transverse line. The flattened papille were small and inconspicuous. 
There was a very distinct patch of much enlarged so-called conical 
papille on the dorsum of the tongue, each of these papille being 
really flattened and having the appearance of having had its apex 
cut off. Fungiform papillee were conspicuous, and scattered over the 
dorsum between the patch of enlarged papillze and the circumvallate 
ones. 
In Cynictis I found three very conspicuous circumvallate papille, 
which together form a right angle. Behind these are elongated 
flattened papille, but hardly so conspicuous as in Nandinia. There 
is, on the anterior half of the dorsum, a wide, rounded patch of 
much enlarged conical papille, which are really flattened in form, 
and so disposed as to cause the patch to have the appearance of 
being marked with a series of lines of the shape called “embattled ” 
in heraldry. Around this patch, and on the middle of the tongue 
behind it, the papille are very small, and amongst them certain 
