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anterioi' cusps being less deeply excavated, and in the edge of the 

 anterior lobe being^less broadly expanded, though this last may be 

 partly due to v/ear. This tooth also difiers in the size of the inner 

 cusp, which is lower than in the older form and higher than in 

 G. genetta, in which it is much reduced. The talon is small and 

 has a raised posterior edge. 



The second, third, and fourth pi-emolars are of considerable length 

 antero-posteriorly, and do not narrow towards their apices to so 

 great an extent as do those of F. croizeti and generally tliose of 

 Genetta. The outer edge of the carnassial is strongly convex in 

 shape, and as a result of this there is a deep angle between the 

 anterior portion of the tooth and the small posterior talon. This 

 is not so marked in P. croizeti, in which the position of the angle 

 is filled by a ridge. Although the carnassial of G. genetta does not 

 show this convexity, there is nevertheless a very slightly developed 

 cusp between the front of the tooth and the talon. 



Besides those characters in which G. genetta and P. croizeti agree 

 together and differ from the Cyprus fossil, this last is further 

 distinguished from the older form by having a less well-marked 

 cingulum round the carnassial and the two posterior premolars, 

 and in the crowns of these teeth being somewhat lower. Also the 

 faintly marked notches on the anterior and posterior edges of the 

 second and third premolai"s of G. plesictoides ai-e absent in 

 P. croizeti. 



Below are some measurements, given in millimetres, taken from 

 the left mandibular ramus of the Cyprus fossil and of the recent 

 Genet, and from the two right mandibular rami of P. croizeti in 

 the collection of the British Museum, both of which are from the 

 Oliffocene of France. 



The limb-bones procured belong, presumably, to G. plesictoides, 

 but probably all are not those of the same individvial. I have 

 compared them with the corresponding bones in a skeleton of 

 G. senegalensis in the collection of the British Museum. They 



