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down) and the interpterygoid space is much narrower in proportion 

 to its length. The constriction behind postorbital processes appears 

 to be deeper and better defined than in the larger animal, but this 

 character may not be constant. Teeth as in Hemigale hardwickii 

 but smaller. 



Measurements. — External measurements of type : total length, 

 760; head and body, 480; tail vertebrje, 280; hind foot, 67 (64) ; ear 

 from meatus, 30; ear from crown, 26; width of ear, 19. External 

 measurements of adult male (No. 121,650) from the type locality: 

 total length, 715 ; head and body, 465 ; tail vertebras, 250; hind foot, 



^S (63). 



Cranial measurements of type: greatest length, 95 (99) ;^ basal 

 length, 91.4 (96) ; basilar length, 87 (91) ; median palatal length, 

 50 (52) ; breadth of palate between anterior molars, 16.8 (16) ; 

 length of interpterygoid space, 15.8 (15.4) ; width of interpterygoid 

 space at middle, 6 (7.8) ; constriction in front of postorbital processes, 

 19 (18.4); constriction behind postorbital processes, 12.4 (17); 

 zygomatic breadth, 45 (47) ; mastoid breadth, 31 (32) ; breadth of 

 braincase above roots of zygomata, 29.8 (31) ; mandible, 66.4 (70) ; 

 maxillary toothrow exclusive of incisors (alveoli), 37 (39) ; man- 

 dibular toothrow exclusive of incisors (alveoli), 40 (42). 



Specimens examined. — Six, all from South Pagi Island. 



Remarks. — This species is well characterized by the dark color of 

 its head and the indistinctness of the black markings in this region. 

 The pattern is exactly the same as that of Hemigale hardivickii, but 

 the gray is so dull and the black so diffused that the longitudinal 

 stripes are no longer a conspicuous feature of the animal's markings. 

 The dark cross-bands on the back average wider than in the related 

 species but their outlines are nearly as well defined. The series 

 presents no variation worthy of note. 



PARADOXURUS LIGNICOLOR sp. nov. 



(Plate IV, figure i, and Plate V, figure i) 

 Type. — Adult male (skin and skull), No. 121,645, United States 

 National Museum. Collected on North Pagi Island, Sumatra, No- 

 vember 19, 1902, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number, 2068. 



Characters. — Not as large as Paradoxurus hermaphroditus, but 

 general form the same. Color yellowish brown with no dark mark- 

 ings ; tail lighter than body. Teeth relatively larger than those of 



1 Measurements in parenthesis are those of an adult female Hemigale 

 hardwickii (No. 114,461), not as old as the type of H. minor, from Tapanuli 

 Bay, Sumatra. 



