90 
M. 554. 
CARNIVORA. 
present writer in the ‘ Paleontologia Indica,’ ser. 10, 
vol, 11. p. 306, pl. xxxviil. fig. 5 and xxxix. fig. 7. lime 
complete, with the exception of the summit of the coronoid 
process, and shows the whole of the dentition, the cheek- 
teeth being much worn and the greater part of the crown 
of the canine broken away. A fragment of the right ramus 
is attached to the symphysis; while the condyle is still 
clasped by the glenoid cavity, which has been torn away 
from the skull. Behind the carnassial there is the broken 
root of an exceedingly minute m. 2, which the present 
writer had not detected in the notice quoted above’. The 
small size of this tooth evidently indicates one on the point 
of disappearance; and from this circumstance, and the 
absence of pm. 1 and its presence in H. (Hycnictis) graca, 
the writer is not inclined to alter his previously expressed 
opinion as to the advisability of including Hyenictis in 
Hyena. | Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 
Cast of a fragment of the right ramus of the mandible, 
containing pm. 4 and ym. I, in an unworn condition. The 
original of this specimen was obtained from the Pliocene 
Siwaliks of the Punjab, and is preserved in the Indian 
Museum, Calcutta. It has been described and figured by 
the present writer in the ‘ Paleontologia Indica,’ ser. 10, 
vol. ii. p. 307, pls. xxxviil. fig. 2 and xxxix. fig. 5. 
Behind the carnassial there is the empty cylindrical 
alveolus of a small second true molar, which must, how- 
ever, have been considerably larger than the corresponding 
tooth of the last specimen. In this specimen m,] has a 
large talon (the summit broken) and a relatively small 
blade, on the inner side of the hinder lobe of which there 
is a small cusp. Purchased, 1884. 
16585. Fragment of the left ramus of the mandible, containing the 
(Fig.) 
incisors, canine (broken), and the second and third pre- 
molars; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. This 
specimen is figured by Falconer and Cautley in the 
‘Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,’ pl. M. figs. 6, 6a. 
Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 
15714. Distal portion of the right ramus of the mandible, showing 
(Fig.) 
pm. 2 and pm. 3, and the broken bases of the incisors, 
canine, and pm. 4; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. 
1 It has been made visible by subsequent cleaning. 
