
1CO' 5 CARNIVORA. 
in the ‘ Paleontologia Indica,’ ser. 10, vol. ii. p. 271, 
pl. xxxuii. fig. 3. This species is the largest known 
Civet; and in respect of dental characters is more nearly 
allied to the Indian V. zibetha and V. bakeri than to the 
African V. civetta ; presenting in some respects characters 
intermediate between the two former. In its cranial cha- 
racters it is markedly distinct from each of the other three 
species. Presented by Prof. George Busk, 1883. 
37150. Anterior portion of the cranium, wanting the extremity of 
(fig.) the premaxille and all the teeth, which have fallen from 
their sockets; from the Pliocene of the Siwalik Hills. 
This specimen is figured by Falconer and Cautley in 
the ‘Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis,’ pl. Q. figs. 2, 2a, where 
it is doubtfully referred to Canis; and is described by 
the present writer in the ‘ Paleontologia Indica,’ ser. 10, 
vol. u. p. 2738. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 
$7131. Hinder portion of the cranium of a large Civet, apparently 
belonging to the present species ; from the Pliocene of the 
Siwalik Hills. Cautley Collection. Presented, 1842. 
Viverra hastingsiz, Davies’. 
This species is about the size of Canis vulpes, and presents cha- 
racters connecting it with Herpestes and Cynodictis ; its nearest 
ally probably being Viverra antiqua of the Lower Miocene of 
St. Gérand-le-Puy. 
Hab. England. 
30203. The associated cranium and mandible ; from the Headon beds 
(fig.) (Upper Eocene) of Hordwell, Hampshire. This specimen 
is the type of the species, and is described and figured by 
Davies in the Geol. Mag. dec. 3, vol. i. p. 433, pl. xv. 
The specimen, which is figured in the woodcuts (figs. 11 
and 12), is on the whole in very perfect condition, and 
exhibits all the dentition. The anterior cervical vertebra 
are still in contact with the occiput. The penultimate 
upper premolar (pm. 3, fig. 12) exhibits an inner cusp, as 
in Herpestes. The upper carnassial (pm. 4, fig. 12) and 
the true molars (m. 1, m. 2) are also like the corresponding 
teeth of that genus. The inner cusp of m. J is largely 
developed. Hastings Collection. Purchased, 1855. 
1 Geol. Mag. dec. 3, vol. i. p. 487 (1884). 
