138 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID. [Jan. 24, 
inner lobe with two small compressed marginal ridges. Tubercular 
tooth four-sided, massive, rather longer than broad, truncated in 
front, and obliquely truncated at the outer hinder side; outer edge 
with two compressed tubercles. Lower jaw elongate, produced and 
flattened in front. Cutting-teeth unequal, much worn, rather pro- 
duced in front. Canines compressed, curved, worn on the front edge. 
False grinders 2, separated from the canines by a large diastema, 
compressed. The flesh-tooth large, elongate, oblong-ovate, with two 
conical tubercles in front, and two pairs of tubercles behind. Tuber- 
cular grinder circular. 
ARCTONYX COLLARIS. Balisoar. B.M. 
Yellowish, black-washed ; throat yellow; feet and a double streak 
on each side of the head black; tail elongate; ears very short, 
white-edged. 
Meles taxus, Hardw. MS. 
Arctonyzx collaris, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lith. t. 51; Owen, Odont. 
t. 128. f. 12; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 98. 
A. taxoides (Balisoar), Blyth, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 589. 
Arctoniz, Evans, J. A. S. B. vii. t. 43. 
Mephitis assamensis, M‘Clelland, Ind. Rev. 1858, p. 309. 
Meles collaris, Ogilby, Penny Encye. iii. 264. 
Sand-Bear, Bewick’s Quad. 257. 
Mydaus collaris, Gray, Ilust. Ind. Zool. t. ; Gervais, Soc. Philom. 
1842, p. 30; l’Institut, 1842, p. 116. 
Arctonyzx isonyx, Hodgs. P. Z. 8. 1856, p. 398, t. 50. 
Hab. Assam and Arakan. 
I can find no difference between the specimen of 4. isonyx (Hodg- 
son, P.Z. 8. 1856, t. 50) and A. collaris. 
b. Palate moderately produced behind 3 hinder opening on a line level 
with the middle of the zygomatic arch. 
19. MELEs. 
Head pointed; nose prominent; ears rounded. Body thick, heavy. 
Limbs short ; front claws elongate, for digging. Tail short. Skull 
elongate, rounded behind ; orbits incomplete, only contracted above. 
Teeth 36; false grinders 3/4, 3/4. Flesh-tooth moderate-sized, tri- 
angular. Tubercular grinder very large, four-sided, oblong, rather 
longer than broad. 
Meles, Gesner, Quad.; Briss. R. A.; Nilsson, Skand. Faun. 182; 
Gray, List Mamm. B. M. xxi. 70. 
Taxus, Cuvier. 
The bald soles of the hind feet of Taxidea lJeucurus are oblong, 
occupying about two-thirds of the length of the foot, hairy behind, 
with four pads in front; the front and outer one smaller, triangular. 
The sole of the fore foot is oblong, with four unequal-sized pads in 
front and one oblong transverse one on the hinder margin (Hodgson, 
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