9. AKCTICTIS. 67 



Hemigalea Hardwickii. B.M. 



Pale yellow ; three streaks on the head, two streaks on the nape, 

 some marks on the ears, five crescent-like bands across the back, two 

 rings on the base of the tail, and the end of the tail black. 



Viverra Plardwickii. Gray, Spic. Zool. ii. p. 9, t. 1 (not Lesson). 

 H^migale zebrd, Voyage de la Bonite, t. ; Jourdan, Ann. Set. Nat. viii. 



p. 277. 

 Viverra boi<5i, S. Miillei; Zoog. ind. Arrh. t. 18 ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. 



i. p. 363. 

 Paradoxurus derbianus. Gray, Loudon's Mag. N. H. i. (1837) p. 579 ; 



De Blainv. Ost. Atlas, t. 7, t. 12 (teeth). 

 Paradoxurus P zebra, Gray, Loudon's Mag. N. II. i. (1837) p. 579 (from 



a dra-\ving). 

 Paradoxurus philippensis (partly), Schinz, Syn. Mamtn. i. p. 387. 

 Hemigalea Hardwickii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 524. 



Hah. Malacca {Major Farqiiliar) ; Borneo {Lowe). 



The skull agrees with Oenetta and Nandinia in the hinder opening 

 of the palate being onlj^ a short distance behind the line between 

 the back edges of the hinder tubercular grinders. The orbit is very 

 incomplete. The teeth are short, broad, and very unlike those of 

 Genetta and Nandinia — somewhat similar to those of the genus 

 Paguma. The first and second false grinders are comjjressed, the 

 third has an inner lobe on the middle of the inner side. The flesh- 

 tooth is triangular, scarcely longer than the width of the middle of 

 the tooth, the large inner lobe occupies nearly the whole inner side. 

 The tubercular grinders are oblong, triangular, much wider than 

 long, rounded on the inner side ; the hinder one like the front, but 

 only about half the size. The nose of the skull is elongate. The 

 brain-cavity ovate, ventricose, not suddenly constricted in front. 

 Forehead shelving, rather convex. The bulla) of the ears are oblong, 

 elongate, vesicular, truncated behind, and keeled on the outer edge. 

 Length of the skull 3" 9'", of nose 1" 4|"', of zygomatic arch and 

 orbit ] " 6'" ; -nidth of brain-case 1" 3'", of back of mouth 6" 1^'", 

 of zygoma 1" 10'". 



Tribe VI. ARCTICTIDINA. 



The hinder part of the tarsus bald and callous. The tail thick, 

 strong, and prehensile. Fur harsh, bristly. Ears pencilled. Fre- 

 num hairy. Orbit of skull imperfect, onlj' defined by a prominence 

 above.— Gra^/, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 523. 



9. ARCTICTIS. 



Head conical. 'Whiskers numerous, long, rigid, more slender on 

 the cheeks, throat, and eyebrows. Nose acute ; underside flat, with a 

 broad central groove. Eyes small. Ears closely covered with long 

 hairs, forming a pencil. Toes 5 5. Claws compressed, acute, re- 

 tractile. Soles of hind feet broad, entirely bald and callous to the 

 heel. Tail conical, covered with long hair, convolute. Frenum 



