CHARACTERS OF THE VIVERRIX.E. 147 



constitutes a large storage pouch for secretion. The secretion 

 appears to make its way into the depths of the glandular space 

 through five areas on each side. The two anterior of these lie in 

 the anterior pouch and the three posterior, the last nearest the 

 scrotum being quite small, in the hinder part of the glandular 

 space, which is only overlapped laterally by the labia (text-fig. 6, 

 A,B,C). 



Other points to be noticed in this region are the following ■ — 

 The scrotum is divided, and the broad area between its two halves 

 is naked and glandular and extends backwards from the open 

 posterior mouth of the perfume-sac nearly to the anal area. 

 But it is separated from the anal area by an upstanding rim of 

 integument, which is continued to the right and left and curves 

 backwards like a collar round the anal area without, however, quite 

 encircling it posteriorly. The anus lies in the centre of the space 

 thus circumscribed, and this space is naked save for the hairs that 

 grow on the integumental rim. Thus in the specimen examined 

 at all events there is a very definite glandular area, defined by 

 an upstanding rim, round the anus, as in the Mungooses and, to 

 a greater degree, in Cryptoprocta. 



The figure published by Chatin (Ann. Sci. Nat. ^'5) xix. 1874, 

 pi. ii. fig. 10) of the anal and glandular region in V. zibetha does 

 not agree with the description just given. The anus is not 

 encircled with an integumental ring, the halves of the scrotum 

 are in contact, and the cleft between the glandular lobes is much 

 shorter and not expanded posteriorly. His figure in fact tallies 

 in all essential respects with those showing the corresponding 

 parts in C. civetta (pi. i. figs. 1, 2, 3). Beyond suggesting that 

 his specimen, if correctly named, may have been young, I can 

 think of no plausible explanation of the discrepancies. 



Tlie Glands of Viverricula rasse. 



In the female example of this species in the British Museum 

 the two glands (text-fig, 6, D) are large and the space between 

 them is undivided and is overlapped marginally, both a/t the sides 

 and in front, to a lesser extent than in the ease of the male 

 Viverra zibetha described above. 



In the female, at all events, of this species, the glandular 

 apparatus cannot be said to differ from that of Genetta in being 

 provided with a distinct pouch for the storage of secretion, as 

 Chatin and others following him have asserted. 



The Glands of Civettictis civetta. 



Chatin's figures and description of the gla.nds of the African 

 and Indian Civets show no anatomical differences between the 

 two species, but sketches and notes I made in 1 909 on the 

 gland of a male G. civetta demonstrate one important distinction 

 (text-fig. 7, A). 



