480 MR, F. E, BEDDARD ON THE STRUCTURE fApr. 27, 
in fact, to be very like that of Vandinia. The anterior patch of 
conical papille is like that of Galidictis, which has been figured 
by myself *, and of about the same extent. A few of the papillee 
are shown more highly magnified at the side. Their tips show a 
tendency to become bifid and to be separated from the rest of the 
papille. In these characters they are not unlike the conical 
papille of Galidictis. 
The frenum of the tongue has a free fold of mucous membrane 
near its attachment to the floor of the mouth; but this fold does 
not form a continuous fold anteriorly, but is prolonged into two 
elongated processes on either side of the frenum, apparently dif- 
fering from the Genet. 
The stomach seems to me to be as described by Dr. Mivart t, 
and I have nothing to add to his remarks. 
The intestinal tract is quite typically Carnivorous, but there are 
various details of structure to which it is necessary to refer in 
comparing Galidia elegans with its allies, and especially with 
Galidictis. The duodenum forms the usual C-shaped loop enclosing 
a part of the pancreas, from the end of which (where the pancreas 
bends up towards the liver parallel with the portal vein) arises the 
ligamentum recto-duodenale as in other Carnivora. This ligament 
has a curious relation to the hepato-caval ligament, which, if it be 
more general than I suppose, is at least not universal. The latter 
ligament, arising from the inner edge of the caudate lobe of the 
liver, is attached as usual to the postcaval vein, but a considerable 
portion of it strays on to the mesocolon and becomes continuous 
with the recto-duodenal ligament, the two forming together a 
semicircular fold of watch-pocket form (see text-fig. 125). I found 
the same arrangement to be much more marked and symmetrical 
in Vandinia binotata. At the opposite extreme is Procyon lotor, 
in which the short ligamentum hepato-cavale is attached only to 
the postcaval vein. 
As is the case with other terrestrial Carnivora, the colon and 
rectum form a very short tube, which is perfectly straight in 
Galidia. It is decidedly shorter than in Galidictis, where I have 
described a rudimentary transverse colon, and where, if the colon 
were straightened out, it would reach forward as far as the 
diaphragm. In Galidia the colon lies perfectly straight, and only 
reaches up to the anterior end of the left kidney, at which point 
the cecum arises. The total length of the colo-rectum is 4? inches, 
something short, therefore, of that of Galidictis. J have made 
notes on the form of the colon in a number of Viverrids, which I 
may here compare with that tube in Galidia and Galidictis. In 
Crossarchus fasciatus there is as well a developed transverse colon 
as in Galidictis. Suricata tetradactyla agrees with the two last- 
mentioned Aluroids. If the colon were fully straightened out, 
the ceecum would be seen to arise a long way in front of the left 
* PZ. 8. 1907, p. 806, text-fig. 210. 
+ Mivart, P. Z.S. 1882, p. 499, fig. 3 B. t P.Z.S. 1882, Joc. cit. 
