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the relative width of the skull. Observations are recorded on the torsion 
of the upper premolars in the short-skulled species, and instances noticed 
of the presence of supernumerary upper molars. 
Canis familiaris : Pfitzner, Tag. Deut. Nat. Vers, for 1889 (1890), 
notices a skeleton with abnormal foot structure. 
Cams lupus : E. Olivier, Rev. Sci. Bourb. iii, pp. 20 & 21, has notes on 
its melanism. 
Canis parvidens, n. sp. (or var.), St. G. Mivart, P. Z. S. 1890, p. 108, 
figs. 3 & 4, Brazil. 
Canis urostictus , n. sp. (or var.), Mivart, t. c. p. 112, figs. 5 & 6, ibid. 
Canis dingo : L. L^seble, Bull. Soc. Acclim. xxxvii, pp. 681-684, has 
notes on living specimens at Paris. 
Wulpes donnezani, n. sp., 0. Deperet, t. c. ( supra , p. 4), p. 28, Plio- 
cene, France. 
iAmphicyon intermedins , see Hofmann, supra , p. 7. 
t AElurodon compressus , n. sp., E. D. Cope, Am. Nat. xxiv, pp. 1067 & 
1068, Loup-Fork Miocene, Nebraska. 
Prohycena, n. g., M. Schlosser, t. c. ( supra , , p. 14), p. 25 ; type, 
yElurodon wheeler ianus, Cope. Referred by its founder to Hycenhlcc. 
Considered by Scott ( supra , p. 15) as inseparable from JElurodon ; the 
author being, however, misled into considering that it was 2E. scevus that 
Schlosser proposed to separate, and misquoting Prohycena as Palhycena. 
e. Ursid.®. 
Ursus tibetanus recorded by A. Dattan (suprd, p. 4) from Manchuria. 
/. MuSTELIDiE. 
Lydekker, R. On a New Species of Otter from the Lower Pliocene of 
Eppelsheim. P. Z. S. 1890, pp. 3-5, woodcut. 
iLutra hessica , n. sp., Lydekker, l. c. 
fLutra reevei , n. sp., E. T. Newton, Q. J. Geol. Soc. xlvi, p.446, 
pi. xviii, fig. 2, Norwich Crag. 
Conepatus humboldti , figured by Milne-Edwards, vide supra , p. 10. 
Mephitis estor , n. sp., C. H. Merriam, t. c. (supra, p. 9), No. 3, pp. 
81 & 82, pi. x, Arizona. 
Spilogale gracilis , n. sp., Merriam, t. c. pp. 83 & 84, Arizona. 
Spilogale ringens, n. sp., Merriam, op. cit. No. 4 (p. 10), pp. 9 & 10, 
United States. 
Spilogale Indiana , n. sp., Merriam, t. c. p. 10, Texas. 
Spilogale lucasana , n. sp., Merriam, t. c. p. 11, California. 
Spilogale leucoparia, n. sp., Merriam, t. c. pp. 11 & 12, pi. i, figs. 4-6, 
Texas. 
Spilogale saxatilis , n. sp., Merriam, t. c. p. 13, Utah. 
Spilogale phenax, n. sp., Merriam, t. c. pp. 13 & 14, pi. i, figs. 1-3, 
California. 
