356 MR.P.L.SCLATER ON A NEW INDIAN PorcuPINE. [Apr. 11, 
them, I subsequently ascertained, are found in various places along 
the ghawts of Cochin and Travancore. 
“At Trichooe, about forty miles north-east of Cochin, there was a 
colony of these animals. They had formed their burrows in the 
laterite rock, in a spot from which it was impossible to reach them 
by digging. As I was anxious to obtain one of them, the burrows 
were stopped and a pitfall dug before two, which were the most fre- 
quented ; brushwood was then heaped before the other apertures 
and set on fire, but the prisoners did not venture out until they had 
been smoked three days and nights. 
“The native sportsmen declare that the aroma from these burrows 
is quite sufficient to distinguish the different species. 
“In 1862 I placed a pair, about a third grown, in a cage, and kept 
them there nearly two months: although they permitted the dogs 
and cats to steal their food, they never became tame or even friendly 
with those who fed them. 
«They were omnivorous ; and, though quiet all day, as soon as 
it became dusk they commenced to gnaw their cage, and continued 
to do so until daybreak ; subsequently, when the bars were encased 
with tin, they passed the night scratching. 
“In captivity they lose much of their orange-colour; and its 
vividness greatly decreases when they are ill. 
‘““ The natives consider wounds caused by their quills to be venom- 
ous, and the effects frequently fatal.” 
It may be useful to add to this paper a list of the known species 
of Hystriz, and their localities, arranged according to Mr. Water- 
house’s excellent system *. 
a. Species nucha cristata. 
1. H. cristata, Linn. et auct. (Acanthion cuvieri, Gray) ; Water- 
house, 7. c. p. 448: ex Europa merid. et Africa bor. et occ. 
2. H. arricm AUSTRALIS, Peters, Reise n. Moss. i. p. 170: ex 
Africa austr. orient. 
3. H. neucura, Sykes (H. hirsutirostris, Brandt ; Waterhouse, 
l.e. p. 454; H. cristata et H. leucurus, Gray): ex Asia occiden- 
tali usque ad Indiam extremam. 
4, H. MALABARICA: ex India merid. 
6. Species nucha non cristata. 
5. H. nopesoni, Gray ; Waterhouse, J. c. p. 461 : ex India supe- 
riore. 
6. H. savanica (F. Cuy.) ; Waterhouse, /.c. p.465: ex Java. 
The Society’s collection contains at the present time fine living 
specimens of four of these, namely, H. africe australis, H. leucura, 
H. malabarica, and H. javanica. 
* Nat. Hist. Mamm. vol. ii, p. 446 e¢ seq. 
