312 MR. E. LTDEKKER OX A MANDIBLE OF MACH^RODUS. 



Mr. W. Davies had carefully compared the specimen with the 

 fossils in the National Collection, and it approached most nearly to 

 M. leoninus from Pikermi and M. (Felis) aphanistus from Eppelsheim, 

 but differed from both. He pointed out the differences in detail. 



Dr. Woodward called attention to the description by Prof. Eay 

 Lankester, in the * Geological Magazine ' for 1869, of a canine of 

 Machcerodus from. CiomeT. Bones or teeth of this genus had also 

 been found in Kent's Hole, at Creswell Crags, &c. The geographical 

 distribution of the genus was remarkable. Mr. Backhouse was to 

 be congratulated on this addition to our knowledge of the genus. 



Mr. E. T. Newton had placed on the table the cast of the canine 

 from Cromer, which had been considered by Prof. Ray Lankester 

 nearest to M. cultridens. An incisor toqj:h had also been found in 

 the Porest-bed and was exhibited. A portion of a humerus in the 

 British Museum, and a fragment of a feline fibula in the Museum of 

 Practical Geology, perhaps also belonged to this genus. 



