and a new Palm-Civet. 289 



the Western Himalayas were found to represent a distinct 

 race, which Mr. Wroughton was to describe. In the mean- 

 time, however, lie has left England for some time to come, 

 and I have much pleasure now in naming this new form after 

 Mr. Wroughton himself, whose interest in Indian mammalogy 

 is so well known. 



Paguma grayi toi'oughtoni, subsp. n. 



Type-locality. Gharial, Punjab. 



Type. S ad. B.M. no. 7. 11. 21. 12. Collected by 

 Major H. N. Dunn, and presented by him to the British 

 Museum. 



Related to P. g. grayi, but with blackish neck and yellowish 

 hue on posterior back. Face-markings more distinct and 

 underside buffy, not yellowish white. 



Underfill- of whole upperside slaty grey, of underside 

 huffy. Hairs of neck glossy black, often witli a narrow 

 greyish subterminal band. Hairs of back black for their 

 basal half, those of anterior back with narrow yellowish 

 band and broad black tip, those of posterior back with very 

 broad golden-yellow band and short black tip. Tail like 

 posterior back for the greater part of its length, with black 

 tip. Sides of body pale yellowish grey, hairs with short 

 black tips ; limbs similar, but the hairs without the black 

 tips ; fingers and toes dark brown. Ears black. Face- 

 markings comparatively prominent, but far less so than in 

 P. larvata. Underside buffy ; hairs of throat with broad 

 white tips ; chin blackish brown, darker than in P. g. grayi. 



Skull. Much as in P. g. grayi. Protocone of p 4 better 

 developed. 



Dimensions of type. Basal length of skull 115 mm. ; palatal 

 length 60-5 ; palatal breadth 41 ; zygomatic width 67; 

 width of biain-case 40"5 ; intertemporal constriction 21; 

 nasals 25'2xl3; length of carnassial 8'7 ; length of fora- 

 mina incisiva 8. 



This Paguma is the western representative' of P. grayi grayi 

 of Nepal, from which it is at once distinguishable by the 

 blackish neck and the shape of the cheek-teeth. There are 

 six specimens in the British Museum — one from Simla, one 

 from "India," one stated to be from Nepal (but, as collected 

 by Dhuleep Singh, probably from somewhere in the Punjab), 

 and two from the type-locality, Gharial, Punjab. 



