NO. 1498. MAMMALS OF BANKA AND BILLITON— LYON. 599 



Eemarhs. — Paradoxurus canescens is g^enerally lighter in color and 

 gra3^er in the anterior portions than any other species I have seen. 

 In grayness of head it is approached by P. Jynvnnipes Miller, but the 

 brown feet of the latter are distinctive. None of the other species 

 have the distinct gray area between the ears that P. canescens has. 



ARCTOGALIDIA MINOR, new species. 



7///>^.— Adult female, skin and skull. Cat. No. 124984:, U.S.N.M., 

 collected at Buding Bay, island of Billiton, between Borneo and 

 Sumatra, August 3, 190-i, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number, 

 3532. 



Diagnostic cha/mcters. — A dwarf form of Arctogalidia stigmatica^ 

 similar in color and markings to A. fusca Miller from Pulo Kundur, 

 but distinctly smaller. 



Color. — Type: General color above most like Ridgway's smoke-gray; 

 under fur and bases of hairs dark broccoli brown, subapical band on 

 hairs, dirty white; apical ring, blackish brown. Three fairly well- 

 defined blackish lines, 4:-.5 mm. wide extend along the middle of the 

 back, from region of shoulders nearly to root of tail. Head, gener- 

 ally dull blackish, faintly grizzled between the eyes with buff}^ white. 

 Ears blackish. Side of neck posterior to ears and in front of shoulder, 

 bufi'y white. Feet blackish. Underparts generally an indetinite, 

 dirty grayish color; in the inguinal region, clay color. Basal third of 

 tail above and below similar to back, distal two-thirds blackish. 



Sl'ull and teeth. — These differ from those of related species in their 

 smaller size. Greatest length of skull, 87.5 mm.; type of Arctogalidia 

 fusca, 98.5; adult male, Cat No. 142341 U.S.N.M, from western Bor- 

 neo, 110.8; greatest width of skulls, respectively, 46.7; 62.3; 67.4. 



Measurements of type. — Head and body, 440 mm.; tail vertebrje, 

 435; hind foot, with and without claws, 74, 68; greatest length of skull, 

 87.5; upper length, 80.5; basal length, 81.5; basilar length, 79; condylo- 

 basal length, 86; palatal length, 47.5; zygomatic breadth, 46.7; width 

 of brain case above roots of zygomata, 30.3; interorbital constriction, 

 10; front of canine to back of last upper molar, 31.8; mandible, con- 

 dyle to front of symphysis, 64.3; front of canine to back of last lower 

 molar (alveoli), 34.8. 



Specimens examined. — One, the type. 



Eenuirhs.— Arctogalidia minor needs no comparison with other 

 species of the genus as it is at once told by its small size. 



