SPECIAL WORK. 
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being likewise very broad. The mandible from the Forest-bed, described 
by Backhouse, is referred to this species. A third type — M. nest/anus — 
is distinguished by having only the posterior border of the upper canine 
serrated, and also by the long diastema between the third and fourth 
lower premolars. In the event of this species being regarded as generic- 
ally distinct, the name Homotherium is suggested. 
Helderman, W. D. De Tijger en het Bijgeloof. Tijdschr. Ind. Yolken- 
kund, xxxiv, pp. 170-175. 
Martin, P. Zur Entwickelung der Retina bei der Katze. Anat. Anz. 
v, pp. 551-556. 
Tourneux, F. Note sur l’lntestin Caudal chez l’Embryon de Chat. 
C.R. Soc. Biol. (9) ii, pp. 97-100. 
\Felis (?) maxima , n. sp., W. B. Scott, Bull. Mus. C. Z. xx, p. 79, fig. 4, 
Loup-Fork Beds, Kansas. 
Lynx baileyi, n. sp., C. H. Merrjam, t. c. (supra, p. 9), No. 3, pp. 79 
& 80, pi. xi, Arizona. 
t Machazrodus crenatidens , n. sp., E. Fabrini, t. c. p. 161, Pliocene, Italy. 
iMachcerodus nestianus, n. sp., E. Fabrini, t. c. p. 172, ibid. 
b. Hy^NID,®. 
For* distribution, see C. Grev£, supra , p. 26. Emin Pasha, P. Z. S. 
1890, pp. 647 & 648, mentions the occurrence of a Hysona allied to or iden- 
tical with II. striata in the neighbourhood of Tabora, E. Africa. 
Lydekker, R. On the Occurrence of the Striped Hysena in the Tertiary 
of the Yal d’Arno. Q. J. Geol. Soc. xlvi, pp. 62-65, woodcut. 
Describes and figures part of a left maxilla, with the carnassial and 
portions of the adjacent teeth, from the deposits mentioned. 
C. VlVERRIDiE. 
t Viverra schlosseri, n. sp., H. Filiiol, Bull. Soc. Philom. (8) ii, pp. 
139-142, woodcuts, Quercy Phosphorites. 
t Viverra (P) simplicidens, n. sp., M. Schlosser, t. c. (supra, p. 14), pp. 
391-393, pi. ix, fig. 10, Quercy Phosphorites. 
t Viverra macrorhyncha, n. sp., H. Filhol, Bibl. haut. etudes, xxxvi, 
1, p. 123, Mid. Miocene, Sansau. 
Herpestes angolensis, n. sp., J. Y. B. du Bocage, J. Sci. Lisb. (2) ii, pp. 
31 & 32, Angola. 
d. Canidas. 
For distribution, see C. Grev^, supra , p. 26. 
Bartlett, A. D. Observations on Wolves, Jackals, Dogs, and Foxes. 
P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 46-48. 
