530 Zoological Society, 



Ungues breviusculi, curvi, acuti. 

 Corpus elongatum, depressum. 



Sp. 1. Galictis vittata. 

 G. vertice, collo, dorsoy afque cavdd Jlavescenti-griseis ; rostra guld 

 etpectorefuscescenti-nigris; fascia a f rente usque ad humeros 

 vescenti-albidd ; pilis longis taxis. 



Sp. 2. Galictis Allamandi. 

 G. vertice, collo, dorse, atque caudd nigricanti-griseis ; partibus infe- 

 rioribus nigris ; fascia a f route usque ad collum utrinque albd ; 

 corpore pilis brevibus adpressis. 



Habitat. 



June 27, 1837. — A Letter was read addressed to Mr. Gould, from 

 Mr. lliomas Allis of York, in which the writer remarks that the scle- 

 rotic ring of the great Podargus does not j^resent the slightest ap- 

 pearance of distinct plates, being simply a bony ring ; the first in- 

 stance in which Mr. Allis had observed this peculiarity. 



A Letter was also read from His Excellency Hamilton Hamilton, 

 Esq., Her Majesty's Minister at Rio, announcing the present of a 

 Chilian Eagle for the Society's Gardens. 



Mr. Gray exhibited a specimen of a Paradoxurus from the Ma- 

 layan Peninsula, which had been presented to the Museum of the 

 Society by the President, the Earl of Derby, and for which he pro- 

 posed the specific name of Derbianus. 



Mr. Gray also brought before the notice of the Meeting some 

 Mammalia, which he had lately purchased for the British Museum 

 from a collection made by the late Colonel Cobb in India, among 

 which was an adult specimen of the Once of BuiFon (Hist. Nat.), on 

 which Schreber formed his Felis uncia, which has been regarded by 

 Cuvier, Temminck, and most succeeding authors as a leopard, but 

 which is a distinct species, easily known by the thickness of its 

 fur, the paleness of its colour, the irregular form of the spots, and 

 especially by the great length and thickness of the tail. Mr. Gray 

 observed that a more detailed description of this animal was unne- 

 cessary, as it agreed in all particulars with the young specimen de- 

 scribed by Buflfon. 



Two new species of Sciuroptera, which agree with the Ame- 

 rican species in colour, but differed from one another in the size, 

 make, and form of the soles of the feet, were described under the spe- 

 cific names oi fimbriata and Turnbulli. 



A new species of Fox, nearly allied to Vulpes Bengalensis, but evi- 

 dently larger, Mr. Gray designated as Vulpes xanthur a. In describing 

 this species, he remarked, that it had a large gland, covered with 

 rigid brown hair, on the upper part of the base of its tail, very di- 

 stinctly marked ; and that on looking at the tail of the several other 

 species of this genus, as V. Bengalensis, V, vulgaris, V.fulva, and 

 some others, a similar gland was easily recognisable, though it ap- 

 peared to have been hitherto overlooked. 



Mr. Ogilby afterwards characterized a new species of Gibbon (//y- 

 lobates), which had been presented to the Society many years ago. 



