new Oriental Vivcnida'. 231 



Uppersidc goMon yellow .sufFus(!(l with black ; underfui* 

 grcyi.sli. Five somewliat indistinct black stiij)e3 down tlie 

 neck, ot" wliicli the inner thieo only extend over the whole 

 back. Sides of body lighter, very diffusely spotted. Hairs 

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

 grizzled eftcct. A larj^e whitish frontal patcli, divided into 

 three by two narrow bUukish-brown stripes which arise from 

 above the eyes. A whitish patcii bolow each eye. Muzzle 

 (with the excej)tion 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 

 ])atch. Vil)rissoe 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, 

 forujing a V-shaped point beliiml. Constriction marked. 

 Bulla? of medium size, smooth and rounded. Teeth of the 

 P. rii'ger type. Carnassial somewhat more complex than in 

 J\ niyer. Wj triangular. 



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



Dimensions of type : — 



Head and body 525 mm. ; tail -175 (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 up{)er tooth-row from p\-m2 35'5 ; p^, length 8'5, greatest 

 diameter 10. 



IJah. 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- 

 bunu.o, but, apart frou) the larger size and softer fur, it has a 

 dentition of the uiger type, though with the carnassials rather 

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

 geographical neighbour, it is at once distinguished by its 

 softer fur and ditTcrent colour. 



Mangos exilis peninsulcv, subsp. n. 



This is a form of the M.javanicus group, of which ^f.jr^- 

 vani'cuSf M. e.rilis, and M. rnhn'/rons (Allen, 1910) arc 

 described. It is most nearly allied to M. e.cilis from Annam, 

 Cambodja, and Cochin China, but distinguished by its paler 



