72 VIVEKRIDJi. 



The following are the most prominent peculiarities of the skulls 

 of the three species : — 



1. P. larvata is the smallest, has the broadest nose (as shown by 

 the shape of the roof of the mouth or palate) and the smallest teeth. 



2. P. Graj/i is next in size, has a longer and narrower nose, larger 

 teeth, and a larger and more convex forehead. 



3. P. Jeucomi/stax is the largest, with a short, very broad nose, and 

 wide palate, and very large massive teeth. 



The hinder opening of the palate in P. larvata and P. leucontysta.v 

 is angularly cut out behind ; in P. Gmiji, arched out. The brain- 

 case is widest and least contracted in front in P. larvata and P. 

 leucomystax, and most so in P. Grayi. This contractiou becomes 

 more decided as the specimens increase in age. 



* Skull short ; brain-case scarcely constricted in front ; the nose very 

 broad. Paguma. 



1. Paguma larvata. B.M., type. 



Eur grey-brown ; head, neck, whiskers, feet, and end of the tail 

 black ; chest, streak up the face and forehead, and spots above and 

 beneath the eyes whitish grey. 



Paguma larvata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 95 ; 1831, p. 65 ; 1864, p. 539. 

 Gulo larvatus, Temm. ; H. Smith, GriffiiKs A. K. ii. p. 281, t. 

 Viverra larvata, Gray, Sjnc. Zool. p. 9. 



Paradoxm-iis larvatus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 67 ; Illust. Ind. Zool. t. ; 

 Temm. Mmioyr. ii. t. 65. f. 1-3, t. 55. f. 1-3 (skull). 



Hah. China'(^. Reeves, 1827) ; Formosa (Swinhoe). 



Flesh-tooth oblong, trigonal, rounded at the comers, about as 

 wide as the length of the outer edge ; the inner lobe occupying 

 nearly the whole of the inner side, rounded internally. The soles 

 are bald nearly to the heel. The hair is dull grey-brown, with a 

 black ring and whitish tips ; the hairs of the blacker part are black 

 nearly to the base ; the white on the chest is spread out laterally on 

 the front of the shoulder. 



M. Temminck, after giving the proper synonyms of this species, 

 continues, " M. Ogilby indique encore Paradoxunis laniger, Hodgson, 

 et P. Grayi, Bennet" (Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1836, p. 118); and adds, 

 " Patrie : M. Ogilby, qui a vu a Londres une douzaine d'individus 

 de cette espece, me dit qu'elle vient du continent de I'lnde. Elle 

 vit dans toute la chaine basse des monts Himalaya. Le plus grand 

 nombre vient du Ncpaul. II est probable que le sujet du musee 

 dans les Pays-Bas vient aussi de cette contree, ayant ete acquis a 

 Londres." — Mon. Mamm. ii. p. 331. 



The whole of these obseiwations of Mr. Ogilby refer to a species 

 quite distinct (indeed having no relation to P. larvata'), which does 

 inhabit Nepaul, while P. larvata has not hitherto been received from 

 unjTvhere but China, and appears to be the species of that country. 

 It is the less excusable that M. Temminck should have made such 

 a comparison, when the true habitat is given in the description of 



