1885.] GENUS PARADOXURUS. 789 



&c. Mammalia,' published in 1869, appear to me to belong to 

 Parado.rurus stigiiuiticus of Temminck ; and this I am inclined to 

 agree with Dr. Jentink' in considering distinct from the original 

 Viverra trivirgata of Reinwardt, and consequently from Dr. Gray's 

 Parado.rurus trivirgatus' founded on Reinwardt's specimen. The 

 skulls of the two' differ considerably, that of P. stigmaticus being 

 much longer in proportion, with the palate further produced back- 

 wards, and much narrower behind the postorbital processes. Some 

 other differences have been pointed out by Dr. Jentink. 



But amongst the skins in the British Museum is the type of 

 Paradoxurus leucotis, Blyth, originally described by Horsfield^, and 

 subsequently by Blyth', whose descriptions agree perfectly well. 

 This skin appears to me to be a pale variety of Temminck's P. stig- 

 maticiis, and, if so, Blyth' s name, which has priority by two years, 

 must be retained for the species. 



The skull and mandible figured by Dr. Mivart (P. Z. S. 1882, 

 p. 165, fig. 9) are those of Arctogale leucotis". Tlie following is 

 the principal synonymy of the two forms referred to Arctogale : — 



1. Arctogale trivirgata. 



Viverra trivirgata, Reinw. MS. 



Paradoxurus trivirgatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 68 ; Temm. Mon. 

 Mam. ii. p. 333, pi. 63. f. 1 ; Miiller, Zoogd. Ind. Arch. p. 55 ; 

 Wagner, Schreb. Siiugeth. ii. p. 3^6, partim ; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 

 p. 3^5, partim ; Horsfield, Cat. Mam. Mus. E. I. Co. p. 64, partim ; 

 Giebel, Siiugeth. p. 801, ^jar/J/« ; Jentink, Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. 

 p. 35. 



Length of skull from occipital condyles to alveolar margin of pre- 

 maxillary bones 3\S inches, palate length 2'1, breadth at junction 

 of upper sectorials with first true molars 1, breadth of brain-case 

 behind postorbital proce-ses 0'75. 



FTab. Java only. 



2. Arctogale leucotis. 



Paradoxurus leucotis, Blyth, Horsfield, Cat. Mus. E. I. Co. p. 66 

 (1851) ; id. J. A. S. B. xxvii. p. 274 ; id. Cat. Mamm. Mus. A. S, 

 p. 48; id. Cat. Mam. Birds Burma, p. 26 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 544 ; id. Cat. Carn. &c. Mamm. B. M. 1869, p. 76. 



Paradoxurus stigmaticus, Temm. Esquisses Zool. p. 121 (1853); 



1 Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p 35. - P. Z. S. 1832, p. fiS. 



^ It sboulcl, however, be stated that in neither of the actual type specimens 

 is the skull preserved. 



* Cat. iJamm. Mus. E. I. Co. p. 66. ' J. A. S. B. xxvii. p. 274. 



^ The woodcut of Arctogale. P. Z. S. 1882, p. 164, f. 8, is not a good repre- 

 sentation of the animal. The feet are much too heavy, the head too large, and 

 the coloration at all events not typical. A far better figure will be found in 

 the coloured plate, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 681. pi. Ixxi., entitled Paradoxurus prehen- 

 dlis. This appears to me to represent P. leucotis of Blyth. the light-coloured 

 variety of A. sfigmatica. The skin and skull of the animal there figured are 

 now, 1 believe, in the British Museum, where I have examined them. 



