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MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE 



[Nov. 3, 



sometimes quite as long or a little longer. Fur of moderate length 

 in general, not so long and ragged as in P. niyer. 



In the skull the bony palate not produced behind. Muzzle 

 decidedly shorter than it usually is in P. niger, and zygomatic 

 arches as a rule stronger. Upper sectorial and molars larger, the 

 former with a much larger internal lobe, and with the inner margin 

 (from tlie inner to the hinder lobe) nearly or quite straight. 



Fig. 2. 



Half palate and dentition of P. hermaphroditus. (Spec. no. B.M. 81.12.2.3.) 



Colour brownish grey, occasionally ashy. Underfur, when present, 

 brownish, the longer hairs light brown or grey, with occasionally 

 black tips, but these are not as a rule greatly developed, though 

 some Bornean specimens have long sooty-brown terminations. 

 The back is generally more or less distinctly striped with black 

 longitudinally, the number of stripes varying, and the lateral bands 

 being often replaced by rows of spots. The feet, the greater part of 

 the legs, and the terminal portion of the tail black, the tip of the 

 latter occasionally white. Usually there is a distinct broad whitish 

 or grey band across the forehead and in front of the ears, and this 

 band is not divided by longitudinal black streaks, though occasionally 

 there is one in the middle, and others running upwards from the eyes. 

 The muzzle in front of and including the eyes, the top of the head, 

 ears, and sides of neck are dark brown or sooty black, but generally 

 a whitish spot can be detected below the eye, and this sometimes is 

 joined to the frontal band. The markings are very variable, and 

 occasionally either the dorsal stripes, or the pale frontal band, or 

 both are scarcely perceptible '. Vibrissse black, the lowest occasionally 

 white near the base. 



1 A remarkable variety from Mergui entirely destitute of markings is noticed 

 in a note to p. 791. 



