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the careless manner in which the collecting locality is often 

 indicated by laymen. The specimen cannot have come 

 from Padang or its direct surroundings for the same reason 

 (pointed out by me in the Journ. F.M.S. Mus. VII, p. 293) 

 that the type specimen cannot have been caught at Padang 

 Pandjang. I presume that it was obtained on same coffee 

 estate in the Barisan Mountains and from there sent to 

 Padang." 



This brings the number of specimens in Museums, 

 as far as I have been able to ascertain, to a total of thirteen. 



[A reference to Nesolagus netscheri not yet mentioned 

 is this Journal is : — 



Lepus netscheri Jent, Cat. Mus. d'Hist. Nat. Pays. 

 Has, IX, 1887, p. 239, pi. 9, figs. 1, 2 & 3 : representing the 

 skull of the type in three aspects. C.B.K.]. 



2. Arcionyx collaris hoeveni (Hubr.). 



In Messrs. Robinson and Kloss' paper the measurcmonls 

 of the female specimen (No. E. J. 116) I obtained in the 

 forest near Suban Ajam (Bencoolen) were not given. I 

 therefore state them here : 



Head and body, 580 ; tail, 160 ; hindfoot, 91 ; ear, 

 31 mm.^ 



3. Mydaus javanensis (Desm.) subsp. javanensis ? (Syn. 



Mijdaus meliceps, Cuv.). 



In the list of Sumatran mammals given by Messrs. 

 Robinson and Kloss (Jouni. F.M.S. Mus. VIII, Part II, 

 1918, pp. 73-80) Mydaus javanensis has been left out. 

 This animal is rather common in Bencoolen from the coast 

 up to a great altitude in the interior. Mr. Westenenk, when 

 Resident of Bencoolen, shot one in his garden at the town 

 of Bencoolen (sea level) and several more were killed by 

 his dogs at Kapahiang, higher up in the Barisan Mountain 

 Range. When I was at Suban Ajam at the foot of Mt. 

 Kaba (Bencoolen) at 1,200 metres (3,700 feet) I noticed 

 the smell of one of these animals in the forest near our 

 camp. The odour is not to be mistaken and is so powerful 



* The skin of this specii;ien was unfortunately destroyed by 

 insects ; the skeleton and skull are now in the Leyden Museum 

 of Natural History. 



From my collections of jnammals from Bencoolen, Palembang, 

 South-West Sumatra, and the Ophir Districts described by Messrs. 

 liobinson and Kloss besides the specimen of Arctonyx collaris 

 hoeveni mentioned above, nine more skins have also been destroyed 

 by insects, viz. : — 



Pithecus melalophos melalophos, No. EJ. 23 ; Felis marmorata. 

 No. EJ. 214 ; Felis beiigalensis sumatnma, No. EJ. 70 ; Pagiuna 

 larvata leiicomijstax, " No. EJ. 196 ; Gijmnui i gymnura 

 (jymmira. No. EJ.57 and 77 ; Petaurista petaurista batuana. No. EJ. 

 34 ; Batiifa bicolor palliata, No. EJ. 90 and 161. 



The remainder of my collections has been sent to the Leyden 

 Museum of Natural History, except a number of specimens 

 presented to the Federated Malay States Museums. 



