422 Mr. E. Schwavz on 



distinguished by its normal shaped, not elongated brain-case; 

 from badius by its larger size, larger teeth, greater extension 

 of the nasals behind, and longer zygomatic fossae ; and from 

 ruddi by larger size, broader nasals, and larger teeth, in 

 addition to its fulvous instead of usually plumbeous colour. 



It is not unnatural that the mole-rat of the long summit of 

 the Abudare Range should be a peculiar form. At Naivasha, 

 on his way to the range, Mr. Kemp obtained an example of 

 the much smaller T. naivashce. 



LXI. — Notes on some Pahn- Civets. 

 By Euxst Schwarz. 



The British Museum possesses a Palm-Civet from Sumba 

 Island, Timor Sea, apparently belonging to a new species, 

 for which I propose the name 



Paradoxurus sumbanus, sp. n. 



A small Paradoxure with loose fur without frontal band. 

 Skull much like P. philippinensis, but cheek-teeth of the 

 type found in P. herrnnphroditus, Pall., from Southern Malay 

 Peninsula. 



Upperside golden yellow, strongly mixed with black, and 

 with a very indistinct blackish dorsal line. (Hairs brownish 

 grey at base, then golden yellow, with black tip, which is 

 very broad in the hairs of the centre of the back and becomes 

 narrower towards the sides of the body.) Crown, ears, 

 muzzle, cheeks, limbs, and tail in its entire length blackish 

 brown. The face-markings consist of a dirty whitish spot 

 on each side of the muzzle (at the base of the whiskers), 

 a small whitish spot on each side below the eyes, and a 

 whitish stripe on each side above the eyes extending nearly 

 to the whitish-yellow whorl in front of the ear. Under side 

 of body dull brownish grey, the hairs of the chest with dirty 

 yellowish tips. 



Skull much as in P. philippinensis. General form 

 slender; zygomatic arches very wide. Brain-case long and 

 narrow, with a well-maiked but short intertemporal con- 

 striction as in P. philippinensis. Nasals narrow, U-shaped 

 behind. Postorbital process strongly developed. Palate 

 rather narrow, diverging gradually behind. Bulla} medium, 

 pear-shaped, concave medially, strongly inflated laterally, 

 very high vertically. Rostrum slender. 



