352 MR. C. BODEN KLOSS ON 
Below white with bold blackish markings; underside of tail 
slightly buffy, markings obsolete. Lower sides of forefeet pale 
butfy grey, of hindfect dark brown; inner sides of hindfeet whitish. 
Measurements :—head and body, 500; tail, 290; hindfoot, 
111, ear, 45. Skull:—greatest length, 88: greatest breadth, 58 . 
upper sectorial, length 10, breadth 4.8; length of lower molar row 
(alveoli) 20. 
8. Viverricula malaccensis thai, subsp. nov. 
Type. Aged female (skin and skull) No. 2449/C.B.K. Col- 
lected at Prapatom, Central Siam on 20th November, 1916. 
Diagnosis Size and markings as in V. in. malascensis (Gm.), 
with seven dark rings on the tail, but the buffy ground colour 
slightly paler and duller and with more numerous — black-tipped 
hairs; tail more nearly white. 
Skull and teeth as in malaccensis with long and deep bullae 
which, however, only converge slightly so that the anterior part of 
the basioccipital is but little narrowed, while the ridges in front of 
the bullae are small; in this respect resembling the smaller l,i. russe 
(Horsf.) of Java though the bullae are not flattened. 
Npecimens examined :—Two females both from the type 
Jocality. 
Remarls. Mr. Bonhote in his revision of the genus Viverri- 
cula* states that malaccensis is very variable in colour and markings, 
but the remark is of a general nature and applies to animals found 
throughout India and the Malay Peninsula. LT have compared the 
Siamese examples with topotypes from the Malay States and the 
colour differences noted, though slight, seem constant. [. im. thar} is 
most nearly allied to V. m. malaccensis from which it differs in only 
two other respests —the slight convergence of the bullae, whieh is a 
feature of V. oan. rasse, and rather narrower skull. 
Hyaena striata ’ 
Reports that I have received seem to indicate the presenec 
of a hyaena in Siam, and if it really oceurs its existence there is 
* Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) [, pp. 119-122 (1808). 
+ Muang thai=Land of the free=Siam, 
JOURN, NAT. HIST. SOC) SIAM, 
