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back. The internal lobe of the upper carnivorous tooth in thc Ja- 

 vanese animal is also described as being anterior and very minute. 



Paguma. 



Dentes primores į erguales : laniarii -}- -i- .• molares f f ; guortim 



utnnque in maiilla superiori 3 Jalsi parvi compressi, 1 carni- 



vorus brcvis obtuse 3-lobus cum processu interno cenirali, 2 tuber- 



culares subquadrati interne subangustati aritice non producti ; 



in viaxilla biferiore 4< Jalsi, 1 carnivorus, 1 tubercularis, Pedes 



posticl plantigradi, ad calcaneum usque nudi callosi, Cauda longa 



attenuata. 



In the number and disposition of its teeth this genus agrees with 



Viverra, from which, however, it difFers in their conformation. It 



is rauch likę Ictidcs in colouring, but has about the face the pale 



marking of Paradoxurus : the skin has the odour of civet. From 



the genus Viverra it is distinguished by the shape of its skull, the 



cerebrai cavitj' being in it much larger, the space between the eyes 



broader, and the nose much broader and shorter. The species was 



characterized in the follovving terms : 



Paguma larvata, Pag.grisea ;Jascia alba frontali transversa, 

 alteraque longitudinali per Jrontem ad nasum ductd ; cauda 

 apice nigrescenti. 

 Gulo larvatus. Ham. Smith in Griff. Transl. Cuv. Regn. An. ii. 

 p. 281, c. fig. /.3i7 



Viverra larvata. Gray, Spic. Zool. p. 9. 



The third genus described was founded on a glirine quadruped, 

 nearly allied to the Bamboo-Rat {Mus Simatrensis, Rafl3. ?), with 

 which Mr. Gray associated it under the follovving characters. 



^HIZOMYS. 



Dentes primores į- maximi, elongati, triangulares , acutati: mo' 

 lares -f- 4 radicati, subcylindrici, coronis transversim siibparaU 

 lelim porcatis ; superiores interne lobati. Caput magnum. Oculi 

 parvi aperti. Auricula; nudce conspicuce. Corpus crassum sub- 

 cylindricum. Pedes breves validi, digitis 5 — 5. Cauda mediocris, 

 crassa, nuda. 

 In teeth and general appearance this genus is most nearly allied 

 to Spalax, from vvhich it difFers in its tail of moderato length, its 

 exposed eyes and ears, and the more complex character of its 

 molar teeth, The species of Rhizomys live moreover upon, and 

 not under, the ground, being found about Bamboo-hedges, on the 

 roots of vvhich they principally subsist. The follovving were stated 

 to be the distinctive characters of the tvvo species knovvn. 

 Rhizomys Sinensis. Rhiz. pallide cinerascens unicolor. 

 Hab. in China. D. Recves. 



Rhizomys Sumatrensis. Pallide Juscus, pilis raris albidis in- 

 tcrspersis ; corporis laleribtis pedibusgue saturatioribus ; . genis 

 pallidioribus, occipite nigrescenti lined longitudinali albd, pec 

 tore albido. 



