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necessitate an alteration in Blanford's key of the genus, which 

 may be made as follows : — 



Key to the s'pecies of Lutra. 



A. — Upper margin of naked nose angulate 

 in middle ; skull and teeth marked- 

 ly smaller ... ... ... ... 1. lutra, L. 



B. — Upper margin of naked nose straight ; 



skull and teeth markedly larger ... 2. torayoms, Hodg^ 



Distribution : — 



1. Z. /it/m, Linnfeus. Type locality: — Upsala, Sweden. 



Other localities : — Kashmir ; Nepal ;. 

 " Madras "" ( Elliot ) ; Travancore ;. 

 Ceylon (B. M.) Kumaon ; Sikkim ; 

 Coorg; Ceylon (M. S. I). 



Type : — Unknown. 



2. Z. torayewsis, Hodgson. Type locality: — Terai, Nepal 



(Hodgson). 



Other localities : — Sind ; Rajputana ; 

 Benares (B. M.) ; Sind ; Central Pro- 

 vinces ; Cliin Hills ; Chindwin ; Saga- 

 ing, Upper Burma (M. S, I.). 



Type:—B. M. No. 43.1.12.101. 

 (Type of monticola, Hodgs. ( skull 

 only) B. M. No. 214. f. ; Co-types of 

 macrodus, Cray, B. M. Nos. 46. 6. 13. 

 3 1 . and 40.11,9.11.; Type of ellioti. 

 And. Ind. Mus. Calc. No. m.) 



. Gen. II. — AoNYX. 



The name cinerea, Hlig., is older 



,-r ^.. , , T- r than lejdoniix (J.B.N.H.S. XXII. p. 

 No. 9d. lepionyx,-^ov^L ^^3 j^^^.^-^ ^^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^j^^^,^^.^^.^ ^^^ 



its place. It is the only species in the genus. 



Distribution : — 



A. cinerea, Illiger, 



Type locality : — Batavia, Java. 



Other localities : — Nepal ; Bhutan ; 

 Sadyia, Assam ; Madras (B.]\[.) ; Ku- 

 maon ; Chindwin; Coorg (INI.S.I.). 



Type : — Unknown. (Type of indi- 

 gitata, Hodgson, B.M. No. 45.1.8. 

 3G9.). 



