514 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. [Nov. 8, 
Viverricula malaccensis, Cantor, Cat. Mam. Malay. 29. 
Viverra malaccensis, Gmelin, S. N. 92 (from Sonn.) ; Gray, Cat. 
Mamm. B. M. 48; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 70. 
V. gunda, Hamilton, Buchanan, Icon. 
V. rasse, Horsf. Zool. Java, t.; P. Z. §. ii. (1832), p. 23 ; Schinz, 
Syn, Mamm. i. 362. 
V. indica, Geoff. MS. ; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 171 ; Desm. Mamm. 
210; Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1835, p. 10, t. 19; Horsf. P. Z.S. ii. 
(1832) p. 23. 
2 V. bengalensis, Gray, Ilust. Ind. Zool. i. t. 4. 
V. levertana, Shaw, Mus. Lever. t. 21. 
Genetta manillensis, Eydoux. 
G. indica, Lesson, Man. 174. 
Genette rasse, F. Cuvier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. 
Civette de Malacca, Sonnerat, Voy. ii. 144, t. 91. 
Viverricula indica, Hodgson, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. x. 909 ; 
Calcutta J. N. H. ii. 47. 
Var. (paler spots less distinct). Viverra pallida, Gray, Proc. 
Zool. Soe. ii. 63; Hust. Ind. Zool. ii. t. 6; Cat. Mam. B. M. 48; 
Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 71 ; Swinhoe, P. Z.S. 1862. 
Hab. Asia; Madras (Elliot); Gangootra, Nepal (Hodgson) ; 
Java (Horsfield). 
Dr. Horsfield believed there were two species combined under this 
name (see Proc. Zool. Soc. ti. 24, 1832) :— 
V.rasse. Back with eight dread longitudinal lines; the three 
lateral lines on each side interrupted and obscure. 
V. indica. Back with eight narrow longitudinal lines ; the lateral 
lines continued. 
I formerly thought that VY. pallida from China, in which the spots 
and stripes are very indistinct, might be different ; but a series of spe- 
cimens from different localities seems to show a gradation from one 
to the other. 
This species differs very much in colour from different localities and 
perhaps in different seasons. The stripes and spots are sometimesvery 
black and distinct ; at others, as in V/. pallida, they are very indi- 
stinct, scarcely to be distinguished from the general colour of the fur. 
The skull elongate, compressed ; nose compressed. The orbit im- 
perfect behind, confluent with the temporal fossee. Grinders :— 
false 3/4, 3/4; front upper small, compressed; the third rather 
thicker, without any internal lobe; the flesh-tooth trigonal, oblique, 
elongate, half as long again as the width on the front margin—the 
internal lobe trigonal, on the inner side of the front edge ; the front 
tuberculars trigonal, outer side oblique; front edge rather wider 
than the length of the outer margin; the hinder tubercular subcir- 
cular, with three lobes. The lower jaw slender ; lower edge slightly 
curved, without any prominence under the end of the tooth-line ; 
the tubercular grinders subcireular, with three nearly equal lobes. 
Length of skull 34 inches; width of brain-case 14 inch, at zygo- 
matic arches 14 inch, 
