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Show 10 MR. W. H. FLOWER ON THE [Jan.\4, in the form of the auditory bulla-it being more like that of Ursus, except that it is rather longer from before backwards, and slightly more bullate. The carotid foramen, however, differs widely in its position from that of the Bear, being placed very conspicuously rather in front of the middle of the inner edge of the bulla. The paroccipital and mastoid processes are not much developed, partaking of the general flattening that the base of the cranium seems to have undergone, but they occupy the same relative position as in the Fig. 3 a. ca r-' Fig^3. Under surface of the skull of the Raccoon (Procyon lotor) 3 a. U nder surface of the skull of Bassaris astuta. (The letters as in fig. 1.) foregoing genera. The first-named is much comnre^Prl *»A * backwards. The condyloid foramen is conspicuous bui 2 ^ l foramen, though present, is reduced to a m e S t bv th 1 F ™d of the tympanic bone and shortness of the LJ oveilaPP^g The alisphenoid canal is absent Postglenoid process. |
