96 



MUSTELIDJ2. 



Length of skull 



palate 



tooth-line 



zygoma or orbit 



lower jaw 



Widtli over the ears 



■ at front of orbits . 





in. 1. 



2 9i 



1 3 



1 



1 3 



1 8^ 



1 2 



8J 



in. 1. 

 2 4 



1 

 010 



in. 1. 



2 34 



1 



n 



1 



1 31 



1 



61 



in. 1. 

 1 10 



10 



8: 



9. 



1 

 lOi 

 5 



in. 1. 

 1 11 



lOJ 

 8 



10, 



1 1 



10 

 6 



6. GYMNOPUS. 



The body elongate, slender. Limbs short ; feet large ; toes elon- 

 gate, broadly webbed nearly to the tips, covered -with scattered hair. 

 Tail elongate, slender, covered with long spreading hair. The soles 

 of the hind feet with three oblong pads, and an arched and a bald 

 space behind them ; the heel haiiy. Teeth 34 ; premolars | . f ; 

 the upper tubercular grinder small, transverse, the inner half rather 

 larger than the outer one. 



Gymnopus, Gray, List Matnm. B. M. xx. 1842 ; P. Z. S. 18G5, 

 p. 119. 



B.M. 



head 



Blainv. Osteoyr. 



* Colotcr umform above mid beloiu ; head jmIv. 



1. Gymnopus leucocephalus. 



Golden fulvous, nearly uniform, scarcely paler beneath 

 white ; toes elongate, webbed, rather naked. 



Putoriiis nudipes, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t. 

 Mustela nudipes, Desni. Mamm. ; Miiller, Verhaud. 



t. 13 (teeth). 

 Gymnopus leucocephalus, Gray, P. Z. S. I860, p. 119. 



Var. End of tail paler ; feet darker ; front of the back with a 

 pale vertical streak, wider and more distinct between the shoul- 

 ders. B.M. 



Hab. Sumatra and Borneo. 



The tail of the specimen in the Paris Museum is nearly destitute 

 of hair ; the soles of the feet are covered with hair. 



The two stuffed specimens in the British Museum are nearly alike, 

 but the skull of one is much larger than that of the other ; one is 

 2 inches 4 lines, and the other 2 inches 2 lines long. 



* * Belly pale yelloic. 



2. Gymnopus kathiah. (Kathiah.) B.M. 



Dark brown ; upper lip, chin, throat, chest, underside of body, 

 and front of thiglis bright yellow ; tail dark brown, shorter than 



