104 



MrrsTELTDJi:. 



Var. Black-brown ; throat paler. 



Lutra roensis, Ogilhy, Proc. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 110, 1834. 

 Hah. Europe, Bohemia (B. M.). 



2. Lutra nudipes. 



Pale red ; larger than L. vulgaris ; the webs of the toes bald. 

 The young mouse-colour. 



Lutra nudipes, Melchior, Sdtigeth. des danischen Staats ; Schinz, Syn, 

 Matmn. i. p. 344 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 126. 



Hub. Denmark, on the sea-coast. 



A large Otter in the British Museum was presented by Mr. G. 

 Vaughan as coming from Canada ; I cannot discover any character 

 by which it can be distinguished from the common European Otter, 

 and I suspect the habitat given is a mistake. 



XX Asia. 



3. Lutra chinensis. B.M. 



Upper edge of the bald muzzle straight, transverse. Fur pale 

 bro^vn ; ends of ears, Ups, cheeks, chiu, throat, underpart of the body, 

 undersides of the legs, and underside of the base of the tail pale 

 yeUow. The suborbital foramen large, oblong, trigonal, nearly as 

 high as wide in the middle ; lower edge arched. 



Lutra chinensis, Gray, Loudon'' s Mag. Nat. Hist. 1836, p. 580 ; P. Z. S. 



1865, p. 126. 

 Lutra nair, Swinhoe, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1861, p. 390. 



Hah. China {Reeves), B.M. ; Formosa (SwinJioe), B.M. 



4. Lutra indica, B.M. 



Bald ; muzzle square. Fur pale brown, grizzled with white hairs ; 

 lips and under part of the body pale brownish white ; under-fur short, 

 with scattered, slender, elongated hairs. 



Var. Tip of tail white. 



Lutra indica, G7-ay, Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, p. 580 ; P. Z. S. 



1865, p. 126. 

 Lutra tavayeiisis, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. viii. p. 319, 1839. 

 ? Lutra nail', F. Cuv. Diet, des Sci. Nat. xxvii. p. 247. 



Hah. India, Madras {Walter Elliot), B.M. 



This may be the same as the former, L. chinensis ; but I have not 

 been able to examine the skull. 



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