118 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID. (Jan. 24, 
Var. (male?). Fur darker; face less white; chest brown-and- 
white mottled. B.M. 
Mustela hodgsonii, Gray, Ann. and Mag. N.H. xi. 118, 1843; 
List M. B. M. 66. 
Hab. Nepal Hills. 
5. VISON HORSFIELDII. B.M. 
Dark red-brown, scarcely paler beneath ; under lip white; tail 
elongate, slender, not so long as the body, rather darker at the end. 
Var. 1. Chin white ; a small white spot on chest. B.M. 
Var. 2. Chin brown; edge of under lip only white. B.M. 
Mustela horsfieldii, Gray, Ann. and Mag. N. H. 1843, p. 113. 
Hab. India, Bhootan (B. M.). 
Var. 3. Lighter brown. B.M. 
M. italsi, Verreaux (not Temm. ). 
Hab. Japan? (B. M.). 
6. VISON SUBHEMACHALANA. B.M. 
Pale red bay, scarcely paler beneath; nose blackish ; small spot 
on side of nose, the chin, and sides of lower jaw, and two or three 
subconfiuent spots on the chest white ; tail elongate, and shorter 
than the body and head, black at the tip ; body and head 13, tail 
to tip 7 inches. 
Mustela subhemachalana, Gray, C. M. B. M. 67; Gerrard, Cat. 
Bones B. M. 95. 
Putorius subhemachalana, Hodgs. Journ. A. 8. B. 1837, p. 363; 
Wagner, Schreb. Supp. ii. 234. 
Hab. India, Nepal. 
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5. GyMNOPUS. 
The body elongate, slender. Limbs short; feet large; toes elon- 
gate, broadly webbed nearly to the tips, covered with scattered hair. 
Tail elongate, slender, covered with long spreading hair. The soles 
of the hind feet with three oblong pads, and an arched and a 
bald space behind them; the heel hairy. Teeth 34; premolars 
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