124 Journal oj the F.M.S. Museums. [Vol.. VII, 



1900, p. 332: Kloss, Journ. F.M.S. Mus. II, p. 148 (1908); 

 id. Journ. Straits Branch Roy; Asiat. Soc. No 53, p. 28 (1909). 



Described originally as coming from " Indian Islands," 

 Borneo, may be accepted as the typical locality,: the species 

 occurs also in Sumatra. We have no topotypes with which 

 to compare the Malayan animal but it does not seem to differ. 



Specimens are in the F.M.S. Museums from Taiping, 

 Perak, and Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. 



Measurements of an adult female from the former place 

 (No. 124/141. Head and body, 412: tail. 239: hind-foot, S6 ; 

 ear 29.5 mm. Skull, greatest length, 99: greatest breadth, 

 50 mm. 



MUNGOS JAVANICUS PENINSULAE, Schwarz. 



Herpestes javanicus, Cantor. Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, XV, 

 p. 241 (1846); Anderson, Zool. Researches, p. 185 (1878); 

 Flower. P.Z.S. 1900, p. ^j,2: Bonhote, P.Z.S. 1900, p. 873; 

 Kloss, Journ. F.M.S. Mus. II, p. 14s (1908); id. Journ. 

 Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc, No 53, p. 28 (1909). 



Mungtts exilis peninsulae, Schwarz. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 (8) VI, p. 231 (1910). 



The typical locality of peninsulae is Bangkok and the range 

 is given as " Malay Peninsula and Lower Siam." Members 

 of the species from Cochin-China and Annam, which are exilis 

 Gerv., are stated by Bonhote (P.Z.S., 1907, p. 6) to differ 



" in their much redder colour from Siamese specimens 



in their much deeper colour from Javanese specimens." To 

 me it appears well to regard animals from all these places as 

 races of javanicus (Desm.) 



We have no topotypes of peninsulae but two animals from 

 the vicinity of Taiping. Perak, appear to be referable to it 

 though their tails are without any dark tip. 



Measurements of an adult male (No. 971/13) :— Head 

 and body, 304 (371) 1 ; tail. 276 (254); hind-foot, 57 (63); 

 ear, 23 (20). Skull :— greatest length. 78.0 : basilar length, 

 6q.S ; palatilar length, ^".2: length of upper tooth row, c-m 2 

 (alveoli), 26.6: pm 4 , length 7.0, greatest diameter. 7.8: rostral 

 breadth across roots of canines. 13. 8: post-orbital constric- 

 tion, 11. o: breadth of braincase 26.0: zygomatic breadth. 

 39.2 mm. 



MUNGOS PERAKENSIS, Sp. IIOV. 



Type:— Adult female (skin and skull). F.M.S. Mus. No. 

 116/14. Collected at Assam Kumbang, near Taiping, Perak, 

 on 14th February, 1912, by E. Seimund. 



Characters : — Like .1/. j. peninsulae (antea) but smaller; 

 about the same size as M. birmanicus (Thos.) of Burma, M. 

 rubrifrous Allen, of Hainan and M. siamensis Kloss, of Siam. 



■ Measurements in parentheses those of the second adult male 



(No 935/n). 



