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  Mr. 
  E. 
  Schwarz 
  on 
  

  

  yellowish. 
  Hands 
  and 
  feet 
  blackish 
  brown. 
  Tail 
  with 
  nine 
  

   very 
  narrow 
  blackish-brown 
  rings 
  and 
  as 
  many 
  whitish 
  ones, 
  

   including 
  the 
  long 
  pure 
  white 
  tip. 
  

  

  I 
  had 
  long 
  suspected 
  the 
  Formosa 
  "Rasse" 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   separate 
  form, 
  but 
  only 
  now 
  describe 
  it 
  from 
  a 
  good 
  series 
  of 
  

   specimens 
  in 
  the 
  Berlin 
  Museum. 
  I 
  am 
  much 
  indebted 
  to 
  

   Prof. 
  Matschie 
  for 
  the 
  privilege 
  of 
  describing 
  this 
  form, 
  which 
  

   lie 
  himself 
  had 
  recognized 
  to 
  be 
  new, 
  when 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   arrived 
  at 
  Berlin. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  type 
  (taken 
  from 
  the 
  dried 
  skin) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  670 
  mm, 
  ; 
  tail-vertebraa 
  350; 
  hind 
  foot 
  8. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  basilar 
  length 
  96 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  width 
  49 
  ; 
  mastoid 
  

   width 
  34 
  ; 
  palatilar 
  length 
  49"5 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  tooth-row 
  

   (c-m 
  2 
  ) 
  39 
  ; 
  intertemporal 
  constriction 
  13"4 
  ; 
  distance 
  of 
  

   bullae 
  from 
  one 
  another 
  (anteriorly) 
  11. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Male, 
  old. 
  Royal 
  Zoological 
  Museum, 
  Berlin 
  : 
  

   no. 
  A. 
  213. 
  10. 
  Original 
  no. 
  26512. 
  Collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  

   Sauter. 
  

  

  Type 
  locality. 
  Teraso, 
  Formosa. 
  

  

  Eleven 
  specimens 
  examined, 
  all 
  from 
  Teraso. 
  

  

  On 
  Viverra 
  fasciata, 
  Gmelin. 
  

  

  Gmelin's 
  description 
  of 
  Viverra 
  fasciata 
  (Syst. 
  Nat. 
  vol. 
  i. 
  

   p. 
  92, 
  1788) 
  was 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  description 
  and 
  figure 
  of 
  an 
  

   animal 
  called 
  " 
  Le 
  Chat 
  Sauvage 
  a 
  bandes 
  noiresdes 
  Indes 
  " 
  

   by 
  Sonnerat 
  in 
  his 
  * 
  Voyage 
  aux 
  lndes 
  Orientales 
  et 
  a 
  la 
  

   China 
  ' 
  (vol. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  143, 
  pi. 
  90) 
  (Paris, 
  1782) 
  . 
  The 
  description 
  

   and 
  figure 
  clearly 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  species 
  now 
  usually 
  

   called 
  Galidictis 
  striata 
  (Desm.). 
  In 
  his 
  'Mammalogie' 
  

   (1820), 
  Desmarest 
  changed 
  the 
  name 
  into 
  Viverra 
  striata 
  

   without 
  any 
  reason, 
  quoting 
  Sonnerat 
  and 
  Gmelin 
  in 
  the 
  

   svnonymy. 
  In 
  the 
  same 
  work 
  he 
  used 
  the 
  name 
  Viverra 
  

   fasciata 
  himself, 
  but 
  in 
  quite 
  another 
  sense, 
  applying 
  it 
  to 
  an 
  

   animal 
  which 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  identified 
  with 
  the 
  Paradoxurus 
  of 
  

   southern 
  Malay 
  Peninsula, 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  suitable, 
  but 
  

   unfortunately 
  cannot 
  be 
  used, 
  being 
  preoccupied 
  as 
  shown 
  

   above. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  Sonnerat's 
  " 
  Chat 
  Sauvage 
  " 
  was 
  

   stated 
  to 
  be 
  from 
  India 
  is 
  of 
  no 
  importance, 
  as 
  the 
  same 
  

   expedition 
  procured 
  other 
  animals 
  from 
  Madagascar. 
  

  

  Galidictis 
  fasciata 
  (Gmelin), 
  1788. 
  

  

  Syn. 
  Chat 
  Sauvage 
  a 
  bandes 
  noires 
  des 
  Indes, 
  Sonnerat, 
  /. 
  c. 
  (1782) 
  

  

  (figured). 
  

   Le 
  Patois 
  Raye 
  de 
  VInde, 
  Buffbn, 
  Hist. 
  Nat. 
  Suppl. 
  vol. 
  vii. 
  p. 
  231 
  

  

  (same 
  figure 
  as 
  Sonnerat's, 
  but 
  uncoloured) 
  (1788). 
  

   Viverra 
  fasciata, 
  Gmelin, 
  I. 
  c. 
  (1788). 
  

   Viverra 
  striata, 
  Desmarest, 
  I. 
  c. 
  p. 
  210 
  (1820). 
  

   Galidictis 
  striata 
  (Desm.), 
  auct. 
  

  

  