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the penis and its precise relations to the gland, the figure 

 accompanying the description agrees with my own observations. 



A year later Hodgson (Asiatic Ees. xix. p. 77, 1836) described 

 the perfume-glands of three species referred to Paradoxurus, 

 namely, hirsutus, 7iipalensis, and lanigerus. According to Blan- 

 ford the name hirsutus was applied to the two species now known 

 as niger and hermaphroditus ; nipalensis is a synonym of grayi, 

 but the species named lanigerus can only be assigned to the genus 

 with hesitation. By the system of classification now in use, niger 

 and hermaphroditus belong to the genus Paradoxurus and- grayi 

 to the genus Paguma ; and I do not doubt that lanigerus is also 

 a Paguma. 



Hodgson detected no difference between the glands of the 

 species he examined ; and although he examined both males and 

 females, his desci-iption suggests that the glands in the two 

 sexes are alike in their relations to the vulva and penis. This, 

 however, is not the case, as will be explained, since the penis is 

 situated at the anterior end of the naked glandular area and the 

 vulva lies near its centre. 



Mivart's description of the scent-glands as lying " beneath the 

 surface of a valve-like an tevo -posteriorly directed cutaneous 

 inflection, more or less naked, and situated between the penis 

 and testes in the male and analogously in the female," conveys 

 very little idea of their structure (P. Z. S. 1882, p. 163). 



Turner's very brief description of the gland of P. oiiger 

 (^ = typus) as an oval, flat, naked space at the base of the prepuce, 

 although wanting in preciseness as to the situa,tion of the gland, 

 is accurate and intelligible (P. Z S. 1849, p. 25). 



The main portion of the gland in the male consists of a pair of 

 thickened ridges of skin or labia extending between the scrotum 

 and the penis. These labia form the side-walls of a longitudinal 

 fossa which is everywhere perfectly smooth ; but the margin and 

 outer surfaces of the labia are covered with long hair. The 

 paired glandular thickening, which makes these labia, does not 

 extend so far forwards as the penis, but a I'im of thickened skin, 

 naked internally, hairy externally, passes forwards in front of 

 them and encircles the base of the jDenis like a. collar. The 

 narrow space between the collar and the penis is highly glandular. 



Description of text-figure 6, continued. 



B. Transverse section of the glandular area of the same ; gl., gland of right side ; 



i., glandular space bordered by the two labia ; p., penis. 



C. Gland and external genitalia of female, cl., clitoris ; I., left labium of gland 



folded over glandular area ; a., anus. 



D. Same as fig. C, with labia of gland (J.) pulled apart to show vulva {v.) and 



narrow labia of vulva [Iv.). a., anus ; cl., clitoris. 



E. Transverse section of same behind vulva, gl., gland ; «., glandular space bounded 



by the two labia ; v., vagina. 



