28 Mamm . 
II. MAMMALIA. 
1. FELID2B. 
Johnson, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 481, states that after an exami- 
nation of the eyes of 180 domestic Gats, as well as the eyes of all 
the Felidce in the Zoological Society’s Gardens, he had come to the 
conclusion that the natural shape of the pupil in Felis is circular. 
Although under various degrees of light one might get every shape 
from the circle through all degrees of oval to a perfectly vertical 
line, yet instillations of atropine or cocaine solutions caused every 
pupil to become a true circle. The younger the cat the greater the 
tendency for the pupil to become pointed oval in ordinary light, and, 
conversely, the older the cat the more frequently is there a cir- 
cular pupil. Brilliant light always caused contraction to oval, and 
direct sunlight to a thin line in the smaller Felidce ; in the larger 
Felidce he had frequently found the pupils contract to a small circle. 
Suddenly alarming a cat had the effect of momentarily dilating the 
pupil ; while in sleep the pupil was always contracted. 
Felis tigris , its distribution and habits in Central Asia; Buchner, Result. 
Przewalski Reisen. Saugeth. i, p. 217. 
Felis pallida, described and figured by Buchner, t. c. p. 228, pi. xxvii 
(the latter not issued). 
Felis leo , interparietal bone, Maggi, supra, p. 12. 
Felis domestica , dentition, Sciieidt, supra, p. 19 ; nerves, Martin, supra, 
p. 13. 
Felis, cf. concolor. Fossil footprints from later Tertiary formation 
described by Duges, Nat. Mex. (2) ii. 
2. VlVERRIDAS. 
Cryptoprocta : in describing its anatomy, Filiiol, supra, p. 7, considers 
that the genus should be transferred to the Felidce. 
Rhynchogale, u. n., Thomas, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1894, p. 139, to replace 
Rhinogale, Gray, nec Gloger. It is shown that the presence of five 
premolars in the type of the single species is an abnormality. 
Herpestes semitorquatus, recorded from Sumatra; Jentink, Notes 
Leyden Mus. xvi, p. 210. 
Herpestes neumanni , n. sp., Matsciiie, SB. Ges. naturf. Berlin, 1894, 
p. 121, Ugogo. 
Crossarchus dybowsJcii, n. sp., Pousargues, Arch. Mus. Paris (3) vi, p. 121, 
pi. i, Oubangui, W. Africa. 
Cynogale bennetti , habits, Sanyal, supra , p. 19. 
8. Hy^NIDAT. 
Hyaena striata , recorded by Harlj£, supra, p. 9, from a cavern in the 
Haute*Garonne. 
