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MR. R. I. POCOCK ON THE EXTERNAL 



this genus there are two in the middle ventral line, one anterior 

 and the other posterior. The former consists of a comparatively 

 small patch of skin, scantily covered with short hairs and 

 situated just in front of the anterior end of the sternum ; and 

 the latter, which is structurally similar to it, of an elongated 

 tract on the abdomen, extending in the male from a point just in 



Text-figure 10. 



A. Anus and vulva of Ailurus fulgens. 



B. „ scrotum of same. 



C. „ vulva of Procyon lotor. 



D. „ scrotum of same. 



(In A and D the orifices of the anal glands are shown ; in D the size and 

 position of the gland of the left side is dotted in.) 



front of the prepuce, where it is narrowed, over the umbilicus to 

 the posterior end of the sternum. They are^similarly placed and 

 equally well developed in the female. 



These areas are not 



