some Palm- Civets. 42,'] 



Teeth rather small ; premolars all slightly concave be- 

 hind ; carnassial concave behind, with the metacone about as 

 large as the protocone, with small anterior tubercle and no 

 postero-internal ledge. 



Type. B.M. no. 97. 4. 18. 1. Old male. Collected by 

 A. Everett in December 1S96. 



Hah. Sumba Island, Timor Sea. 



Dimensions of type (taken on the skin) : — 



Head and body 470 mm. ; tail 405 ; hind foot 72. 



Skull: basilar length 87; condylo-basilar length 92; 

 greatest breadth 58; mastoid breadth 34; nasals 20x9*8; 

 intertemporal constriction 12 ; width of brain-case 32 ; 

 palatilar length 42 ; palate, greatest breadth (including 

 teeth) 35, least breadth (between canines and incisors) 10 ; 

 breadth of rostrum across roots of canines 17 ; foramina 

 incisiva 5'3; front of p t to back of m„ 31 ; p i} length on outer 

 edge 8"1, breadth Cy5, greatest diameter 9'5. 



The Sumba Paradoxure is very distinct from every form 

 hitherto described. Externally it somewhat resembles 

 P. selosus, Hombr. et Jacq., from Ceram, the skull of which 

 I do not know. It is at once distinguished by its fine colour, 

 its loose fur, and the peculiar shape of its cheek-teeth. The 

 type is an old specimen with high sagittal crest. 



In 1885, when writing his monograph of the genus Para- 

 doxurus, Blanford united Gray's Paguma with it. Recently, 

 however, this genus has been generally recognized. There- 

 fore it becomes necessary to create a new genus for the 

 reception of the Celebes Palm-Civet hitherto known as 

 Paradoxurus musschenhroeki, as it presents many striking 

 differences both in the skull and externally. The new genus 

 may be characterized as follows : — 



Macrogalidia, gen. nov. 



Intertemporal constriction well-marked as in Paradoxurus. 

 Rostrum constricted behind, wider in front. Bullae small 

 and flat, and the long paroccipital processes therefore pro- 

 jecting considerably (about 5 mm.). Palate narrow and in 

 consequence of the form of the teeth (see below) parallel- 

 sided, not diverging behind as in Paradoxurus ; posteriorly 

 it ends abruptly behind the last molars, the lateral processes 

 found in Paradoxurus, Paguma, and Arctogaliaia being 

 almost or totally absent as in Cynogale. Medially the bony 

 palate is continued considerably backwards, the mesopterygoid 

 fossa being narrow. The posterior opening of the alisphenoid 



