igo6.] Allen, Mammals from Hainan, China. 479 



borhood." He adds: "I was told that the true Leopard also oc- 

 curred in Hainan." 



17. Viverra zibetha Linnceus. 



Viverra zibetha SWINHOE, P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 227, 630. 



One specimen, skin and skull, an adult female, Cheteriang, Hainan. 



Mr. Swinhoe procured two flat skins at Ling-mun, central Hainan, 

 and its currently recognized occurrence in Hainan appears to have 

 heretofore been based on this record. 



1 8. Viverricula malaccensis (Gmelin). 



Viverricula malaccensis SWINHOE, P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 227, 630. 



Two specimens, skins and skulls: an adult male, Hoi-how, Dec. 

 24, 1902, and an adult female, Cheteriang, Jan. 5, 1905. 



Mr. Swinhoe obtained a skin of this animal at Ling-mun, central 

 Hainan, which forms the only previous reference I have seen to the 

 occurrence of this species in Hainan. 



19. Paguma larvata (Ham. Smith). 



One specimen, skin and skull, adult female, Cheteriang, Hainan, 

 Jan. 10, 1904. 



Apparently not previously recorded from Hainan. 



20. Herpes tes griseus (E. Geoffroy). 

 Herpestes, sp. SWINHOE, P. Z. S., 1870, p. 228. 



Two specimens, an old female, Liudon, March 5, 1903, and a 

 young male, without definite locality, May 10, 1905. The young 

 male still retains the milk dentition. 



Mr. Swinhoe states that one evening at Kiungchow he "observed 

 a Mungoose running along a bank outside the city wall," and later 

 saw "a skin of apparently the same species hanging up in a garden 

 at Schuyweisze (central Hainan) to serve as a scarecrow," but ob- 

 tained no specimens and was therefore unable to identify the species. 



The two specimens in the present collection are apparently much 

 redder' than the ordinary type of griseus, the whole front and sides 

 of the head being strongly suffused with rufous chestnut (the younger 

 specimen more than the older one), as are also the feet. 



21. Lutra sp. 



Lutra chinensis SWINHOE, P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 228, 229. 

 One specimen, very young,without definite locality, August 4, 1905. 

 This specimen is only about one-fourth grown, retaining the milk 

 dentition, and is thus too young for satisfactory determination. It is 



