STKIPED HY-TINA IN THE TEETIARY OF THE VAL d'aRNO. 63 



while in the Pleistocene he finds only H. croeuta {spelcea ^) ; and 

 by this he implies that my identification of the British-Museum 

 specimen with If. striata is incorrect. Since, however, the occurrence 

 of this species in Southern Europe is of some interest, I have deemed 

 it advisable to lay the evidence before the Society. 



The specimen, of which two views are given in the accompanying 

 woodcut, comprises a fragment of the left maxilla, containing the 

 entire carnassial, the imperfect hinder half of the third premolar, 

 and traces of the inner extremity of the true molar. I give, in the 

 first place, the dimensions of the carnassial of this specimen (E.M. 

 No. M. 469) as compared with the corresponding measurements of 

 two recent examples of H. striata, and also of the above-mentioned 

 carnassial from the Red Crag. The dimensions of the recent spe- 

 cimens given in the first column are taken from Dr. Weithofer's 

 memoir (p. 34T), and those in the second column from a specimen 

 in my own collection. 



Dimensions of U_p-per Carnassials o/H. striata. 



Val 



Eecent. Eed Cnig. d'Arno. 



Total length 0-031-0'031 0-0325 0-0315 



Width across inner tubercle . . 0-019 O'OIS 0-0195 



Width of inner tubercle 0-009-0-008 0-0075 0-009 



Length of 1st lobe 0-009 0-010 0-010 



Length of 2nd lobe O'Oli 0-015 O'OU 



Length of 3rd lobe O'Oll O'Oll 0-01U5 



Lateral (A) and oral (B) views of part of the left maxilla of Hycena striata ; 

 from the Val d' Arno. Nat. size. pni. 3, third premolar ; P'"- 't . fourth 

 premolar (carnassial) ; "". 1 ^ true molar. 



* Dr. Weithofer's words are as follows: — "Nach dem Material jedoch. das 

 mir zu Gebote steht, gehoren beide Hyiinen, die im Amothal in ])lioranen 

 Lagern gefimden worden, dem Crociita-i\\\ns an ; dasselbc giU nuch \o\\ der 

 im Pleistociin der Umgebung von Arezxo gefundenen llynne { = lli/ccna spdaa, 

 Goldf.)." 



