540 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRID&. [Nov. 8, 
black ; chest, streak up the face and forehead, and spots above and 
beneath the eyes whitish grey. 
Paguma larvata, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1830, p. 95; 1831, p. 65; Ger- 
rard, Cat. Osteol. B. M. 79. 
Gulo larvatus, Temm.; H. Smith, Griffith’s A. K. i. 281, t. 
Viverra larvata, Gray, Spic. Zool. 9. 
Paradoxurus larvatus, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1832, p. 67; Tllust. Ind. 
Zool. t.; Temm. Monogr. ii. t. 65. f. 1-3, t. 55. f. 1-3 (skull) ; 
Esq. Zool. 120; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 384. 
Hab. China (J. Reeves, 1827); Formosa (Swinhoe). 
M. Temminck has confused Paradozurus grayi, P. nipalensis, 
and P. laniger with this species, and gives Himalaya and Thibet as 
the habitat (see Esq. Zool. 126). 
Flesh-tooth oblong, trigonal, rounded at the corners, about as wide 
as the length of the outer edge ; the inner lobe occupying nearly the 
whole of the inner side, rounded internally. The soles are bald 
nearly to the heel. The hair is dull grey brown, with a black ring 
and whitish tips; the hairs of the blacker part are black nearly to 
the base ; the white on the chest is spread out laterally on the front 
of the shoulder. 
M. Temminck, after giving the proper synonyms of this species, 
continues, ‘‘ M. Ogilby indique encore Paradoxurus laniger, Hodg- 
son, et P. grayi, Bennet”’ (Proc. Zool. Soc. for 1836, p. 118); and 
adds, “ Patrie: M. Ogilby, qui a vu 4 Londres une douzaine d’indi- 
vidus de cette espéce, me dit qu’elle vient du continent de l’Inde. 
Elle vit dans toute la chaine basse des monts Himalaya. Le plus 
grand nombre vient du Népaul. II est probable que le sujet du 
musée dans les Pays-Bas vient aussi de cette contrée, ayant été 
acquis & Londres.’’—Mon. Mamm. ii. 331. 
The whole of these observations of Mr. Ogilby refer to a species 
quite distinct (indeed having no relation to P. larvata), which does 
inhabit Nepaul, while P. Jarvata has not hitherto been received 
from anywhere but China, and appears to be the species of that 
country. It is the less excusable that M.'Temminck should have 
made such a comparison, when the true habitat is given in the de- 
scription of the animal in the ‘ Proceedings of the Zoological Society,’ 
which he quotes, and I have never yet seen the P. darvata alive in 
this country. 
2. PAGUMA LEUCOMYSTAX. B.M., type. 
Black brown with elongated black shining hairs; orbits dark 
brown ; face pale, without any orbital spots, a large spot at the lower 
angle of the ear; tip of the tail black (rarely white) ; whiskers 
rigid, white; ears large and rounded, not bearded. 
Paguma leucomystax, Gray, Cat. Mam. B. M. 55; Gerrard, Cat. 
Osteol. B. M. 79. 
Paradoxurus leucomystar, Gray, Loud. Mag. N. H. 1837; S. 
Miller, Verh. i. 55 ; Temm. Monogr. ii.'325, t. 64. f. 4-6 (skull) ; 
Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 383. 
