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MR. R. T. POC'Of'K OX EXTERNAL 



Superficially the gland, scrotum, and anus are as represented 

 by Chatin. The cleft between the glandular lobes is a simple 

 undilated slit, the two halves of the scrotum are not widely 

 separated, and there is no integumental collar round the naked 

 anal area. When the two glandular lobes are pulled apart, there 

 appears on the inner face of each a moderately large oval orifice 

 leading into a large hair-lined sac or pouch, which extends 

 forwards, backwards, and upwards within the gland. The secre- 

 tion is poured into this sac from its walls and makes its way into 



Text-figure 7. 



A. Inferior view of anal and glandular area of Civettictis civetta $ , 



with the labia of the interglandular space widely separated. 



B. The same of Civettictis civetta 9 • [The area round the vulva is 



naked back to the gland.] 



a., anus ; gJ., interglandular space ; p., orifice of pouch excavated in gland of <J ; 

 pr. } prepuce"; s., scrotum ; v., vulva. 



the space between the glandular lobes through the orifice. Thus 

 the space between the two glands may be described as separated 

 from the main pouch of the gland on each side by a wall per- 

 forated by a large aperture. It is this pouch, apparently, that 

 Chatin described as the "reservoir" or "poche" ; and he quite 

 rightly insists upon the distinction between it and the inter- 

 glandular space marked superficially by the cleft between the 

 two glandular lobes. In this respect there is a marked differ- 

 ence between the gland of the male Civettictis civetta and of the 



