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the secretion having a repulsive odonr. The secretion of the 

 paired gland has a " mousy " smell and is poured over the naked 

 skin of the fossa between the two labia. These labia are capable 

 of being widely separated so that the glandular area may be 

 flattened, but they are not closely applied and separated merely 

 by a narrow rima, like the labia of the homologous gland in 

 Viverra and Genetta *. The glans of the penis is long, flexible, 

 subcylindrical, weakly grooved below, and beset with recurved 

 horny papillae. It ends in a styliform pi-ocess. 



The arrangement in the female is tolerably similar. The labia 

 of the gland arise in front on each side of the clitoris and pass 

 backwards to the anal area. They are naked on the inner side, 

 but hairy externally as in the male. Anteriorly they lie outside 

 the hairy labia of the vulva, which lies just behind the clitoris ; 

 and the labia of the vulva unite posteiiorly and form a low ridge 

 of naked integument which runs along the bottom of the space 

 between the labia of the gland and spreads to right and left, 

 forming a short transverse ridge in front of the anal area. The 

 labia of the gland can be folded over the vulva and the naked 

 glandular space behind the clitoris, exactly as in the male the 

 corresponding labia can be folded over the glandular space behind 

 the penis; but in the female these labia are not closely applied 

 as they are in Genetta and Viverra, 



The anal area in both sexes is tolerably large and naked as in 

 Genetta and Civettictis, but the repulsive secretion of the anal 

 glands is not retained by an annular i^ing of skin as in Viverra 

 zihetha. 



In male examples of Paradoxv.riis niger and P. Jierma'phroditxis 

 the glandular area closely resembles in its general features that 

 of P. larvatvs in consisting of a naked, elongated, tongue-shaped 

 area of whitish glandular integument extending from the scrotum 

 behind round the prepuce in front. But there is no thickened 

 collar of skin round the penis and the labia of the gland are 

 much less pronounced, so that when the thighs are separated the 

 glandular surface forms no definite median fossa but is almost 

 flat from side to side. When, however, the inner surfaces of the 

 thighs are in their normal position and juxtaposed, the right and 

 left halves of the glandular surface are brought into contact. 

 The degree of development of these labia may prove to be a 

 geiieric difference between Paguma and Paradoxurus. At all 

 events, the conditions described hold good in the case of two 

 species of each of the genera as recognised by Gray. The penis 

 of Paradoxurus niger, judging from Turner's description (P. Z. S. 

 1849, p. 25), resembles that of P. larvatus, and the same 

 applies to the penis of P. hermaphrodittis that I examined. 



In a half-grown female of P. hermaphroditus the glandular 

 area consists of a nearly flat ar-ea of naked skin, without distinct 

 labia. The vulva lies near its centre, and on each side of the„ 



* The gland in a living example of P. leucomystax resembles apparently that of 

 P. larva tus. 



