URSIDA. Tet 
Cynodictis longirostris, Filhol’. 
This species has been hitherto known only by the mandible, which 
is of an elongated form, and indicates a medium-sized species. The 
crown of the lower carnassial is comparatively low. 
Hab. France. 
‘MM. 1665. 
M. 1666. 
(g.) 
Fragment of the right ramus of the mandible, containing 
m. 2 and the alveolus of m. 3, apparently belonging to this 
species ; from the Upper Eocene of Bach, near Lalbenque 
(Lot), France. Purchased, 1884. 
Anterior portion of the cranium of a Cynodictis ; from 
the Upper Eocene of Bach. ‘This specimen, of which the 
left half is figured, from the palatal aspect, in the accom- 
panying woodcut (fig. 15), differs from the crania of any 
Fig. 15. 



Cynodictis longirostris (?).—Left half of the palate ; 
from the Upper Eocene of Bach. }j. 
species figured by Filhol. It agrees so well with the man- 
dible of CO. longirostris in size and general character that 
it may not improbably belong to that species, although, 
from the number of species of the genus described on the 
1 Ann. Sci. Géol. vol. iii, art. 7, p. 24 (1872). 
