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THREE NEW MAMMALS FROM SIAM. 
By C. Bopen KLoss, F.Z.S. 
1. Paguma larvata vagans, subsp. nov. 
Type. Skin of female, No. 2655/CBK. Collected at Sikawtur, 40 
miles N. W. of Raheng, Western Siam, 1500 ft., on Feb. 27th, 1917, 
by Mr. K. G. Gairdner. Original number 374. 
Characters. Differs from Paguma larvata intrudens Wroughton, 
from Myitkyina, North Burma,* in having the hair of the upper parts 
tipped with black instead of buff, the white stripe not extending 
beyond the neck, the pale spot above the eye confluent with the patch 
below the ear, the fore-neck cream, the ventral surface creamy with 
pale grey bases to the hairs except on the fore-neck and posterior abdo- , 
men where the fur is unicolorous, and the hind legs strongly tinged 
with ochraceous on their inner sides. 
Fur of two kinds on the upper surface:—a woolly under-fur of 
‘a drab colour, sometimes tipped with buffy; and longer harsher 
hairs with drab bases succeeded by a black and a buffy annulation and 
a black tip. 
Colour. A creamy stripe, broadest on the face, extending from 
the muzzle to the end of the nape; a creamy spot below the eyes ; 
from above the eyes a creamy area extending beneath the ears down- 
wards to the fore-neck. 
Rest of head with ears, cheeks, chin and throat blackish brown, 
this colour bordering the pale stripe and dying out on the shoulders. 
Fore and hind feet blackish brown. 
Remainder of upper parts and limbs pale smoky grey suffused 
with buffy, the black annulations very narrow, the black tips most 
marked along the middle line of the back ; ramp washed with isabelline 
and inner sides of hind limbs with ochraceous. 
Throat and posterior abdomen creamy to the bases of the hairs ; 
the rest of the under body paler, the hairs with pale grey bases. 
Tail with proximal half like the rump, becoming blackish brown 
distally where only the base of the fur is buffy ; extreme tip creamy. 
= Wroughton, Journ. Bombay N. H.S., XIX, p. 793 (1910); Ryley, 
ibid, XXII, p. 720 (1914). 
VOL. I[I, NO. Il, 1918. 
