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MR. R. I. POCOCK ON EXTERNAL 



Viverrinse described in my previous paper, it clearly resembles 

 most closely that of Viverra zibetha, but its anterior and upper 

 sui'faces are much more deeply grooved, its superior angles on 

 each side of the median notch are more prominent, and its upper 

 surface is more markedly biconvex. 



In P. hermaphroditus the rhinarium is like that of P. larvatus 

 in all essential respects. 



Text-fisfure 4. 



Rhinarium, seen from the front and above, of A. Wandinia ; B. Arctogalidia ; 

 C. Paradoxurus larvatus; D. Arctictis; E. Civettictis. 



The rhinarium of Arctogalidia from the anterior aspect closely 

 resembles that of Paradoxurtis^ but is narrower as compai-ed with 

 its height, and the lower edge of the infranarial portion slopes 

 more obliquely upwards. Viewed from above, the median notch 

 is wider and somewhat deeper, and the angles that define it are 

 farther from the middle line and nearer the narial slits. These 



