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7?. — Larger, head and body ] 8 or 20 inches ; 



back with broad transverse bands ... 2. niacidosus, Blanf. 



Distribution : — 



1. P. 'pardicolor, Hodgson. 



2. P. maculosus, Blanford. 



Type locality : — Nepal (Hodg- 

 son). 



Other localities : Sikkim (B.M. 

 and M.S.I.). 



Co-types:— B. M. Nos. 43.1. 

 12.10 and 11. 

 Lectotyi^e :—B.M. No. 43.1.12.11. 



2^yp)& locality : — Bankachon, Te- 

 nasserim. (Hvime — Davison). 



Other localities : — Malay Penin- 

 sula (B.M.) 



Co-tupes.—B.M. Nos. 85. 8. 1. 28 

 and 83.10.24.1. 



hectotype:—B. M. No. 85.8.1. 

 28. 



Gen. IV. — Paradoxurus. 



No. 51. niger, Desm. 

 No. 52. hermaphroditus. 



Blanford in his key of the genus 

 places <irayi in a section, "B", by 

 itself on account of the shape of 

 the palate. Mainly for the same 

 reason it is now generally recog- 

 nised as belonging to a distinct 

 genus, Paguma. 



Blanford, with the exception of 

 aureus, Ceylon, and Jerr/ont, Malabar, 

 both of which are well marked 

 special forms, ranges all the Indian 

 toddy-cats in these two species. 

 I have recently reviewed the no- 

 menclature of this genus (J.B.N. 

 H.S. Vol. XXV, p. 48, 1917), and 

 for reasons there recorded I decided 

 that the Indian Toddy-cats formed 

 three species represented by the 

 names crossi, Gray, rdr/er, Desmar- 

 est, and strictus, Horsfield ; while, 

 the Burmese form not 

 name, I 

 lirmanicus. In 

 the name of ravus to the form from 



having 



a 



suggested for it that of 

 1914 Miller gave 



