142 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELIDZ. [Jan. 24, 
5/5; front claws elongate, strong, unequal; hinder strong, rather 
acute. Tail short; anal glands distinct. Skull elongate; orbit not 
contracted behind. Teeth 34; false grinders 3/3, 3/3; grinders 
4/5, 4/5; false 2/3, one rooted (Blainv. Ostéogr. Subursus, t. 1). 
Mydaus, F. Cuv.; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. xxi. 69. 
Mephitis, sp., Desm. 
Mydaon, Gloger, 1842. 
Skull elongate, slender in front; nose elongate, tapering, shelving 
on the sides; orbit very incomplete, small ; suborbital foramen mo- 
derate, ovate; zygomatic arch flattened, slender; brain-case ovate, 
ventricose, truncated behind; palate slightly concave, especially in 
the middle behind; hinder opening to the nostrils ovate, in a line 
with the middle of the zygomatic arch ; bulla of the ears low, slightly 
convex. The cutting-teeth broad, in an arched line, truncated, the 
outer ones rather the largest, with a slight notch in the hinder 
edge ; canine compressed, far from the cutting-tooth ; false grinders 
two, the first small, second compressed; the flesh-tooth roundish, 
trigonal, outer edge with a compressed marginal tubercle, inner 
lobe broad, rounded, with two conical tubercles, the hinder small, 
and united to the ridge on the outer margin ; the tubercular grinder 
oblong subrhombic, rather longer than wide, the front and hinder 
edges obliquely truncated, with two compressed tubercles on each 
edge, the inner tubercle largest. Lower jaw rather slender; chin 
flattened, shelving ; the eutting-teeth truncated, the middle on each 
side rather behind the rest ; canine curved ; false grinders three, com- 
pressed, the front small, the third with a conical lobe on the hinder 
edge; the flesh-tooth oblong, with three compressed tubercles on 
each edge, the hinder outer and the front inner being the largest 
and single, the front outer and hinder inner lobe being double-coned ; 
tubercular grinder moderate, circular. 
Length of skull 3! 2!, palate 1" 7!", of lower jaw 2", of nose 1", 
width of brain-case over ears 1" 43!’, of nose at front of orbits 9!. 
1. MypAuSs MELICEPS. B.M. 
Brown ; crown, nape, dorsal streak, and tip of a very short tail white. 
Var. a. Dorsal streak broad in front, and continued to tip of 
tail. B.M. 
Var. 4. Streak interrupted on withers, narrow behind; tip of tail 
white. 
Var. c. Streak dilated into a broad patch over the withers, narrow 
behind ; tail, great part white. 
Ursus foetidus, Desch. MS. Icon. B.M. 
Midaus meliceps, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lith. t.; Horsf. Java, t.; 
Cuvier, Oss. Foss. iv. 474; Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 98; Fischer, 
Syn. Mamm. 155. 
Mephitis javanensis, Desm. Mamm. 187 ; Raffles, Linn. Trans. xiii. 
251. 
Mydaus javanicus, Blainv. Ostéogr. Subursus, t. 1 (skeleton). 
