488 MR, F. E. BEDDARD ON THE STRUCTURE [Apr. 27, 
In Herpestes smithi I found differences of detail which are 
worthy of record. The right and left spermatic veins had the 
same relations to the postcaval and left renal respectively as 
in the other luroid Carnivora already dealt with. The position 
Text-fig. 130. 
Postcaval vein and branches in Swricata tetradactyla (A, B) and Cercoleptes 
caudivolvulus (C). 
Lettering as in text-fig. 129. 
of the right vein was more like that which I have described here 
in Suricata. 'The‘renal veins were single, and the left supra- 
renal entered the postcaval independently of the left renal. 
