76 VIVERRIDiE. 



with narrow blackish rings ; but they are not distinctly defined in 

 any light. 



The Museum procured a young specimen from M. Parzudaki, of 

 Paris, under the name of " P. Irev)den><, inter P. larvatum et P. Crrayi 

 intermedins, Ceylon." The habitat and the affinities are mistakes. 



Species of this group requiring furtlier examination. 



Pakadoxtjrus stigmaticus, Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 120. Fur short and 

 smooth ; that of the nape, upper part of the body, the sides, the 

 four members, and the tail is red-bro^vn, with a silvery lustre ; 

 the silky hairs of all parts are tipped with yellowish white. Head 

 black-brown, with a fulvous lustre ; a pure-white longitudinal 



7/ ,^ w band extends from the forehead to the origin of the muffle, cover 

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ing the ridg^ of the nose ; the ears naked externally, with the 

 base of the inner side hairy. The tail and the end of the tail 

 chocolate. Length of head and body 17 inches, tail 19 inches. — 

 Hah. Borneo (ScJiwaner, Temm., Mus. Leyden).—A single, very 

 old, male specimen. Size and form of P. trivirgatus. 



Paeadoxurus lettcotis, Blyth, in Horsf. Cat. India House Mus. p. 66. 

 Fur rather long, soft, silky ; of upper 2>art of the body, neck, head, 

 and two-thii-ds of the tail tawny, becoming reddish brown on the 

 back and sides ; thighs and legs, throat and abdomen, Hghter ; 

 tail very long, and deep chestnut-brown ; whiskers long, blackish 

 brown ; nose with a central white line ; ears scarcely covered with 

 scattered yellowish hairs. — Hab. Tenasserim, AiTacan(J'/MS. India). 



Paradoxtjrus strictus, Hodgson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855, xvi. 

 p. 105. General colour grey, with a slight rusty shade ; two pro- 

 minent white spots on each side of the head, one beneath the eye 

 oblong, tending forward, one behind the eye larger, triangular, 

 tending backward ; five continuous stripes, regularly defined and 

 straight, of a deep black colour, commencing on the neck, extend 

 over the whole length of the body, having on each side beneath an 

 interrupted band of black spots. Abdomen grey. Tail exceeding 

 the body in length ; mixed grey and black at the base ; the ter- 

 minal portion black, the colour increasing in deepness towards the 

 extremity. Legs black. Throat grey, with a medial black stripe. 

 Ears developed. Length from the snout to the root of the tail 

 23 inches, of the tail 25 inches. — Hah. India. 



PAEADOXirBTTs QUADRiscErpTus, Hodgson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1855, 

 xvi. p. 106 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1853, p. 191. General colour grey, with 

 a slight rufous shade extending over the whole of the body, over 

 one-half of the tail, over the forehead and the lower part of the 

 ear. On the back and parts adjoining, four weU-defined continuous 

 black stripes pass from the neck to the rump, having a shorter 

 interrupted band on each side. The bridge of the nose in the 

 middle, a weU-defined narrow streak from the canthus of the eye, 

 the neck, the feet, and the terminal part of the tail are black ; on 

 the upper part of the neck the hairy covering is slightly variegated 



