66 CATALOGUE. 



narrow lines along the middle of the back, blackish-brown ; the feet, 

 blackish, and the tail, cylindrical." (Pr. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 68.) 



97. PARADOXURUS LEUCOTIS, Blyth, Mus. As. Soc. 



Beng. 



HAB. Tenasserim and Arracan. 



A. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



The specimen above mentioned, which is marked with a label of the 

 Curator of the Asiatic Society, is the only evidence contained in the 

 Company's Museum of this species. It does not appear to be described 

 in the Asiatic Society's Journal, although an obscure notice is probably 

 given in the Proceedings for April, 1848. (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 XVII. p. 560.) 



In expectation of a more detailed description by Mr. Blyth, the 

 following brief notice of the external character is here introduced. 

 Fur, rather long, soft, and silky, somewhat resembling that of the 

 individuals of Paguma, to which genus our animal approaches in 

 several points. The general colour of the upper parts of the body, 

 neck, head, and two- thirds of the tail, is tawny ; somewhat deeper, 

 and inclining to reddish-brown on the back and sides; throat and 

 abdomen lighter, and inclining to Isabella. The thighs and legs 

 agree with the upper parts ; the feet are brownish. Extremity of 

 the tail, which is very long, deep chestnut-brown. Whiskers, long, 

 blackish-brown. From the tip of the nose, a medial white line 

 extends along the head towards the forehead. The ears in our spe- 

 cimen are rather naked, of a pale yellowish tint, and scantily covered 

 externally with thinly -scattered yellowish hairs. 



Genus PAGUMA, Gray, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 95. 

 PARADOXURUS, Hodgson, Temminck, Bennett, et al. 



98. PAGUMA GRAYI, Bennett Sp. 



Paradoxurus Grayi, Bennett, Proceed. Zool. Soc. 1835, 



p. 118. 

 Paradoxurus nipalensis, Hodgson, Asiatic Researches, XIX. 



p. 76. 1836. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XI. p. 279. 



Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. IV. p. 287. 

 Paradoxurus bondar, Temm., Monogr. II. p. 332, fide Gray 



(Exclus. Syn.}. 

 Paguma Grayii, Gray, Catal. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 54. 



Catal. Hodgson's Collection, p. 9. 



