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of the canine, and of the second premolar (the first having disappeared ), the two 
last premolars, and the gi-eater part of the base of the ca.rnassial, its summit 
being broken off. 
The premolars are of the simple conodont type of the true badgers, while 
the carnassial is an extremely elongated and narrow tooth as in those animals; 
unfortunately its crown being broken away, I cannot compare it with the tooth 
of the badger. The two last premolars are of nearly equal size, and have no 
cingulum, which distinguishes the jaw fi’om that of Mellivora; the three last 
premolars are in close apposition, which distinguishes the jaw from that of 
Arctonyx. 
The jaw has exactly the form of that of Meles taxus, but is considerably 
larger; and I think it probable that the specimen should be referred to a new 
species of that genus. Meles is not found living in India, but occurs in Tibet and 
Persia,' and a skin was obtained by the late Dr. Stoliczka in Kashgaria, which 
renders it not improbable that the genus may exist in that country. 
Genus: Amphicyon. 
Of Amphicyon paladndicus Mr. Fedden has collected in Sind a portion of a 
right ramus of a mandible, containing the second true molar, and the alveolus 
of the third; the second molar is very like the corresponding tooth of A. major, 
but the form of the mas.seteric fossa differs in the jaws of the two species. 
Genus: Hyj;kabctos. 
Of the genus Hymnardos the Indian Museum has lately received several 
specimens of the upper dentition, obtained by Mr. Theobald from the Siwaliks 
of the Punjab; the new specimens comprise a right maxilla containing the three 
last teeth, a left maxilla with the three corresponding teeth, and the detached 
carnassials and first molars of both sides belonging to one individual. 
The second specimen and the detached teeth belong to B. siva.lensis; the 
first specimen, however, seems to belong to another species. The three teeth of 
that specimen occupy a shorter space than the same three teeth in H. sivalensis, 
the length of these three teeth in the former being 3T inches, and in B. sivalensis 
3'4 inches. The most striking peculiarity of tne smaller teeth is in the form of 
the first true molar: in B. sivalensis the crown of that tooth is oblong in form, 
while in the new specimen it is somewhat triangular, the apex being on the inner 
side; the inner ridge in the new specimen is also higher and shorter than in 
B. sivalensis; the carnassial and last molar are very similar in both jaws. 
The first molar of the new specimen is somewhat like the first molar of 
B. hemicyon from Sansans,' both alike approaching the form of the correspond¬ 
ing tooth of the dogs and Amphicyon; the Indian specimen, however, lacks the 
inner cingulum, which occurs in the European form, and the former jaw is 
further distinguished from the tatter by the foi-m of the last molar, which Ls like 
that of B. sivalensis. 
' Blaiiford ; ■ ‘ Eastern Persia,” Vol. II, p. 44. 
‘‘ Gervais : " Pal^ontologie et Zoologie FranQaises,” pi, 81, fig. 9. 
