new Oriental Viverrida?. 231 



Upperside golden yellow suffused with black ; underfill- 

 greyish. Five somewhat indistinct black stripes down the 

 neck, of which the inner three only extend over the whole 

 back. Sides o£ body lighter, very diffusely spotted. Hairs 

 of crown buffy white, with black tips, so as to produce a 

 grizzled effect. A large whitish frontal patch, divided into 

 three by two narrow blackish-brown stripes which arise from 

 above the eyes. A whitish patch below each eye. Muzzle 

 (with the exception of the foremost part), cheeks, chin, and 

 throat dull blackish brown. The two whitish whorls in front 

 of the ears very conspicuous and partly reaching the frontal 

 patch. Vibrissae brown. Back of ears black. Limbs and 

 the two distal thirds of tail brownish black. Hairs of under- 

 side dull brown, those of the belly with white tips. 



Skull. Muzzle long and narrow ; nasals long, narrow, 

 forming a V-shaped point behind. Constriction marked. 

 Bullse of medium size, smooth and rounded. Teeth of the 

 P. niger type. Carnassial somewhat more complex than in 

 P. niger. m 1 triangular. 



Type. B.M. no. 79. 11. 21. 283. Collected by McClelland. 



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 525 mm. ; tail 475 (measured on the 

 skin). 



Skull: upper length 105; zygomatic breadth 55; nasals 

 24x9*5; intertemporal constriction 12; width of brain- 

 case 35; rostrum, breadth across roots of canines 17; length 

 of upper tooth-row from pi~m 2 35'5 ; p i} length 8'5, greatest 

 diameter 10. 



Bab. There are two specimens and two more skulls of this 

 species in the collection of the British Museum, all collected 

 by McClelland ; on the back of one of the labels there is a 

 remark by Blanford, " probably from Assam/' and, judging 

 from the collector, this locality is most probably correct. 



This palm-civet has a superficial resemblance to P. sum- 

 banics, but, apart from the larger size and softer fur, it has a 

 dentition of the niger type, though with the carnassials rather 

 more complex than the Indian species. From P. niger, its 

 geographical neighbour, it is at once distinguished by its 

 softer fur and different colour. 



Mungos exilis peninsulas, subsp. n. 



This is a form of the M.javanicus group, of which M.ja- 

 vanicus, M. exilis, and M. ruhrifrons (Allen, 1910) are 

 described. It is most nearly allied to M. exilis from An nam, 

 Cambodja, and Cochin China, but distinguished by its paler 



