124 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID&. [Jan. 24, 
larger claws, and the more equal toes ; the upper surface of the web 
of the hind feet covered with close hair, the lower surface bald; the 
fur short, with numerous polished flattened bristles ; the under-fur 
short, close, pale brown. 
Skull somewhat like that of Hydrogale; but the nose is more’ 
produced, and narrower, only as wide as the distance from the front 
orbit to the intermaxillary suture. The suborbital foramen is not 
so large, but oblong, transverse, wider at the outer end. 
Barangia sumatrana. 
2. BARANGIA ? NEPALENSIS. Skull, B.M. 
The nose of the skull is considerably longer and wider, the part © 
between the front of the orbits and the suture of the intermaxillary 
bones being considerably longer than its width in front of the orbits ; 
the nose is arched above. The zygomatic arch is much more bent 
out, especially at the hinder end. ‘The hinder opening of the palate 
is wider, and arched in front; the suborbital aperture is oblong, 
triangular, arched beneath, and nearly as high as wide. 
Hab. Nepaul (Hodgson). 
The imperfect skull above described is in Mr. Hodgson’s collec- 
tion, and named Lutra monticola ; but it is very unlike the skull of 
either of the two other specimens so named. It agrees with the 
skull of Barangia sumatrana in the entire want of the tubercular pro- 
cess on the side of the frontal bone, which usually defines the hinder 
upper edge of the orbit ; but it differs from it in so many particulars 
that I am convinced that it must indicate a separate species. 
** The muzzle partially hairy; front and upper edge of the nostrils 
bald, with the hair coming down in an angle between them in 
Sront. 
10. Lontrra. 
Lontra, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. xxi. 70. 
Suricoria, Lesson. 
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