1920.] H C. Robinson & C. B. Kloss : Viverridae. 177 



on a deep buff ground. The type, which is no longer in existence, 

 came from near Prome, North Pegu, Burma. 



Viverra mcgaspila civcttina, Blyth. 



We have examined the skull of the type and a flat skin with 

 no exact provenance ( Zool. Survey India. No. 10,394 )• The 

 latter differs from M. megaspi/a only in having the marks on the 

 haunches more confluent, the spots on the sides smaller, the 

 erectile mane carried further up the neck and the tail rings much 

 larger. 



In the type skull the posterior upper premolar is larger than 

 in either V. zihetha or V. m. megaspila and the anterior upper molar 

 is also larger and more quadrate in outline than in other species : 

 the bullae are highly compressed. All these characters, however, 

 may be purely individual and series of the south Indian animal 

 are highly desirable. 



Viverra tangalunga lancavcnsis subsp. nov. 



Type. Adult female (skin and skull) from Batu Puteh, 

 Langkawi Id., Straits of Malacca, 8th December, 1912. Collec- 

 ted by H.C. Robinson and C. Boden Kloss. F.M.S. No., 542/12. 



Differs from Peninsular Malayan and Bornean animals in 

 having the ground colour distinctly paler and less buffy and in 

 having the spots on the body and rings on the tail reduced in size 

 and less conspicuous. External measurements taken in the 

 flesh: — Head and body, 650 ; tail, 342 ; hindfoot, 103 ; ear, 30; 



Skull measurements : — greatest length, 130 ; basal length, 

 III ; zygomatic breadth, 61 ; maxillary tooth-row exclusive of 

 incisors (alveoli), 47; greatest length of upper sectorial, i2-5mm. 

 Specimens examined : One, the type. 



Genus Vivcrricula Hodgson. 



The series of this genus available to us shows that the 

 original genotype founded on specimens and figures of animals 

 obtained by Sonnerat in Malacca is easily separable from Penin- 

 sular Indian races by several characters of the tail, which in 

 Vivcrricula malaccensis malaccensis (Gm.) is much paler towards 

 the tip and has only seven dark rings against the eight of the 

 Indian animals. 



Specimens from Calcutta sufficiently agree with Gray's 

 figure of Viverra bengalensis inhabiting ''most part of Bengal" 

 (///. Ind. Zool. I, 1830-2, pi. 4) and must be known as Vivcrri- 

 cula malaccensis bengalensis ( Gray and Hardw.). The Calcutta 

 specimens are greyish buff, quite without any rufous tinge, and 

 have the stripes and spots clear black and sharply defined. 



Specimens from the neighbourhood of the Chilka I,ake, on 

 the borders of Orissa and Madras, are more reddish ; but one from 



