r/Me Mustclu riaviguUi Gruup. 347 



Mu^teUi fi4iviijula, IJodd., <iray, \'iiy, uf ' .Samararij,',' p. 17 (18.50); 



IIosi', .Mainiii. IJonit'o, p. 20 (I8'.)l). 

 MuMclti litsiuti^, Toiiiin., MS., Jeiit. Cat. M;iinin. Mus. dos V.-W. i). 1 JO 



(IS!)!'). 



In the shortness of tlie fur ami the luiketl soles to the feet 

 this form, deseribed by Westerniau from a specimen taken at 

 Padan^, Sumatra, resembles the precedin<j. 



The general colour throughout, with the exception of the 

 chin, throat, fore ehe.st, and a patch on the vent, is dark 

 brown, darkest on the tail and feet and li<^htost on the nape 

 and shoulders, the underparts not being in any way lighter 

 than the back. The lines on either side behind the ear 

 noticed in the last form are similar in this race and well 

 marked. The chin is white, the throat and fore chest pale 

 yellow, and the vont-|)ateh dull white. 



The skull differs only in being slightly smaller than in all 

 the preceding tbr(ns. 



Dimensions (from skin): — Head and body 450 inillim.; 

 tail 450. 



iSkiill : greatest length 92; Ijasal length 81; zygomatic 

 breadth 53 ; length of palate 41 ; Ica.st breadth at post(jrbital 

 constriction 21 ; least breadth of palate between carnassials 15. 



Hub. Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 



This race is most nearly allied, as might be expected, to the 

 Malay form, but is very much darker in colour, which renders 

 it easily distinguishable. 



Mustela Jiavigula xanthospila (Swinhoe). 

 Maries Jluviyidu, var. ximthospila, Swiulioe, P. Z. S. 1870, p. Cy2'.). 



I have examined the Formosan form of M. Jiaolfjula 

 described by Swinhoe, of which the type is the only specimen ; 

 it is, as one would expect, an intermediate link between the 

 two southern forms on the one hand, and the Chinese form, 

 which 1 propose to describe next, on the other. In size it is 

 much the same as Bornean examples — that is to say, small — 

 althongh Swinhoe's measurements, quoted below, make it as 

 large as my measurements of the Nepal form. These latter, 

 however, being made from the dried skin cannot be considered 

 accurate, and tiie measurements of the skulls, always a much 

 safer test, show it to be rather smaller. 



The hair on the body is of moderate length, although not 

 so long as in the maitdand race, and the soles of the feet 

 hairy. The crown of the head, sides of the face, and nape 

 are light brown (bistre, Kidg.), the hairs on the nape having 

 white tips ; the dark stripes extending backwards from the 



