344 Mr. J. L. Bonhote on the Martens 
Mustela leucotis (Temm.) *, Ham. Smith, Griff, Cuv. An. King., Mamm. 
vol. 11. p. 297 (1827), pl. ; id. Jard. Nat. Lib. xv. (Mamm. 1.) p. 188 
(1842). 
Mustela Hardwicket, Horsf. Zoo). Journ, iv. p. 239, pl. xxviii. (1834) ; 
Ham. Smith, Jard. Nat. Lib. xv. (Mamm. i.) p. 187 (1842); Less. 
Compl. des GEuvres de Buffon, vol. v. p. 801 (1847); Jent. Cat. Ost. 
Mamm. des P.-B. p. 112 (1887); id. Cat. Mamm. Mus. des P.-B. 
p- 140 (1892). 
Martes flavigula (Bodd.), Hodgson, J. A. 8. B. vi. p. 560 (1837); id. 
op. cit. x. p. 909 (1841); id. op. cit. xi. p. 281 (1842); Gray, List 
Mamm. B. M. p. 64 (1848); Hodgs. Cale. Journ. N. H. iv. p. 287 
(1844); Gray, Cat. Hodgs. Coll. p. 12 (1846); Horsf. Cat. E. Ind. 
Coll. p. 98 (1851); Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxvi. p. 316 (1858); Adams, 
P. Z. 8. 1858, p. 516; Blyth, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 485; Jerd. Mamm. 
Ind. p. 82 (1867) ; Gray, Cat. Carn. B. M. p. 86 (1869); Blyth, Cat. 
Mamm. Burmah, J. A.S. B. xliv. extr. no. p. 29 (1875) ; W.Sclater, 
Cat. Mamm. Calc. Mus. i. p. 273 (1891). 
Galidictis chrysogaster, Ham. Smith, Jard. Nat. Lib. xv. (Mamm. i.) 
p- 167, pl. vii. (1842). 
Subsp. typica. 
The fur is long, dense, and soft. Head, sides of the face, 
nape, feet, tail, and hind-quarters very dark brown. Chin 
white ; underside of neck golden yellow, shading into very 
pale brown on the underparts. The whole of the back light 
clay, gradually shading into brown on the hind-quarters. 
Kars hairy and of the same colour as the head, with a con- 
spicuous light margin. Soles of the feet hairy. 
Skull—The skull of this species may be distinguished at 
a glance from all other species of the genus (M. Gwatkinsii 
excepted) by the narrowness of the inner lobe of the posterior 
molar, which is of the same width throughout and is in no 
way widened or flattened on its innermost margin. It is also 
a large and stoutly built skull, that of JZ. e¢bellina being the 
only one which approaches it in size; the skull of this last- 
named is easily distinguishable by its longer and more 
pointed muzzle. The muzzle of MW. flavigula is proportion- 
ately the shortest of the genus, its greater bulk being almost 
entirely due to an increase in the size of the brain-case. In 
general shape it resembles that of J. foina most closely, for 
instead of falling away in front in a direct slope from the 
anterior end of the brain-case, as is the case in most species, 
the slope is gradual till on a line with the supraorbital pro- 
cesses, when it falls away more directly. 
Except in size the skulls of the various races do not differ 
materially from the one which has just been described. 
* This is evidently a mistake, as Temminck never, so far as I know, 
published the description of a marten under that name. 
