200 MANIS JAVANICA. 



Mounted specimens iu the Leyclen Museum: 

 1. Female. Salanga-islands. H. v. Maltzan. 1881. Lou- 

 gitudo : 80 c. m. — 2. Nearly fullgrown individual. Su- 

 matra. 1877. Joh. F. Snelleman. Long; 84 c. m. — 3. 

 Young individual. Banka. v. d. Bossche. 1861 (in spi- 

 rits). Long: 40 cm. — 4. Adult. Borneo , Banjer Massing. 

 Schwaner. 1845. Long: 116 cm. — 5. Female. E. S. E. 

 Borneo. C. Bock. 1879. Long: 81 c. m. — 6. Adult male. Java. 

 Long: 100 cm. — 7. Adult male. Java. Macklot. Long : 

 100 c. m. — 8. Nearly fullgrown individual (in spirits). 

 Java, Malaug. Hildebraud. 1872. Long: 70 cm. — 9. 

 Young individual. Lidth de Jeüde. 1866. Long: 58 c m. 

 10. Young individual. Java. Diard. Long: 58 c m. — 11. 

 Young individual. Java. Diard. Long: 50. c m. — 12. 

 Very young individual. Java. Kuhl and v. Hasselt. Long: 

 39 cm. — 13. Foetus. Java. Long: 25 cm. 



14. Skeleton of N». 9. 



15. Skull of NO. 2. — 16. Adult skull. Java. Kuhl 

 and V. Hasselt. — 17. Young skull, locality unknown. 



/3. Less than 20 scales on the median row of the tail. 



Two species belonging to this group are found in the In- 

 dian Continent, a large and a small-scaled one. The first 

 species had been described very minutely by Bufion ^), un- 

 der the name Pangolin. In 1803 Et. Geof. St. Hilaire ^) 

 gave the name of Manis crassicaudata to Buifon's » Pan- 

 golin". The second or small scaled species has been des- 

 cribed by Hodgson ^) under the name of Manis auritus. 

 It is a very curious fact that Sundevall has entirely over- 

 looked the above named descriptions of Geoffroy and Hodg- 

 son , when he wrote his very useful » Ofversigt af sliigtet 

 Manis" *). This is the more surprising as he adds a very 



1) Ilistoire naturelle. 170;i. T. X. p. p. 187—192. Pis. XXXIV and 

 XXXVI, figs. 1 and 2. 



2) Catalogue des Mammifères 1803. p. 213. 



3) J. As. Soc. Beng. 183G. p. 234. 



4) K. Vet. Acad. Handl. 1842. p. p. 24B— 283. 



Notes from the Leyden IVLuscum, "Vol. IV. 



