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this be case, it ought surely to be treated, as an 

 eminent zoologist has well observed, with the 

 highest attention. 



VAE. 



Among some miscellaneous plates of animals, 

 published a few years ago by Mr. Catton, is a re- 

 presentation of what seems to be a variety of the 

 above species; having only four white bands on 

 the back, and the tail almost entirely white : a 

 patch' of white appears below each ear, and a 

 small triangular white spot on the forehead. In 

 the description accompanying the plate the ani- 

 mal is said to 'have measured twelve inches from 

 nose to tail, and to have been brought from Ben- 

 gal 



CONEPATL. 



Viverra Conepatl. V. nigricans, lineis duabus albis dorsaltbus per 

 caudam products. Lin. Syst, Nat. Gmel.p. 88. 



Blackish W. with two white dorsal lines extending along the 

 tail. 



Conepatl, seu vulpecula puerilis. Hemand max. p. 23 2. 



OF this species very little more than its mere 

 name and descriptive character seems to be 

 known. It is a native of New Spain, and, per- 

 haps, may be nothing more than a variety of the 

 preceding. 



