ISb5.] GKNUS I'ARAUOXIRUS. 805 



Synoni/nnj. The ty])es of botii P. grayi aud P. nipalensis are iii 

 the Biiiish Museum, and so is a specimen (skin and skull) of P. 

 tytleri, wliich beloni>;ed, I believe, to one of Colonel Tytler's original 

 specimens. The skull is rather smaller in size, but otherwise undi- 

 stinguishable. The fur is thin, from the animal having been kept in 

 coiitinenient. 



The synonymy of P. (jrayi in Gray's Monograph (P. Z. S. I8(j-J, 

 p. 54 1 ) is I think erroneous. Neither P. bandar, Tenini., P. leucopus, 

 Ogilby, Atjiblyoiloa doie, Jourdan, nor to the best of my belief 

 Parudoxurus auralus, De Blainville, belongs to this species. 



8. Paradoxurus larvatds. 



Gulo /arvatus,Tenir(\. ; Ham. Smith, Griffilh's Cuv. An. King. ii. 

 p. 281, with plate (1827). 



Viverru lurvata. Gray, Spip. Zool. p. 9 (1830). 



Paguma larvata. Gray, P. Z S. W6\, p. 9.i ; List Sp. Mam. B.M. 

 1843, p. .54 ; P. Z. S. '1864, p. 539 ; Cat. Carn. &c. Mam. B. M. 

 1869, p. 72 ; Swmhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 354, 1870, p. 630, 1872, 

 p. 817. 



Paradoxurus larvatus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 67; lUust. Ind. 

 Zool. vol. ii. pi. 11 (1834); Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 329, pi. 65. 

 f. 1-3 ; Wagner, Sclireb. S;iugeth. Supp. ii. p. 351 (1841) ; Schinz, 

 Syn. Mam. i. p. 384 (1844); Giebel, Saugeth. p. 798. 



Smaller than P. grayi, but otherwise very similar. 



Colour light brownish grey, the terminal portions of the tail 

 and limbs, parts of the head, the neck and the back between the 

 shoulders black or blackish, a broad white stripe down the middle 

 of the forehead and nose, a white spot below the eye and anotlier 

 behind it, the two sometimes connectc'd, all sharply defined against 

 the remainder of the face, which is black. 



Dimeiisions. No trustworthy measurements of body and tail 

 available. Skull about 4 inches long. 



Distrihution. Southern China : Kwangtung and Fokien pro- 

 vinces, Hangchow, and Formosa. 



9. Paradoxurus leucomystax. 



Paradoxurus leucomystax. Gray, P. Z. S. 1836, p. 88 ; Charles- 

 worth's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 579 (1837); Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. 

 p. 325, pi. 64. f. 4, 5, 6 ; Mliller, Zoogd. Ind. Arch. p. 55 ; Wagner, 

 Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 347; Schinz, Svn. Mam. i. p. 383 ; 

 Giebel, Saug'eth. p. 799 ; Blyth, Cat. Mam. Mus. A. S. p. 48 (1863). 



P. jourdaiiii. Gray, Cbarlesworth's Mag. Nat. Hist. i. p. 579 

 (1837) ; Wagner, Schreb. Siiugeth. Supp. ii. p. 355. 



Ambliodon dore, Jourdan, Comptes Rend. v. pp. 442, 446 (1837) ; 

 De Blainv. ibid. p. 593 ; An. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, viii. |). 276. 



Paguma leucomystax, Gray, List Sp. Mam. B. M. 1M43, p. 55 ; 

 Cantor, J. A. S. B. xv. p. 200 (1846) ; Gray. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 540; 

 Cat. Carn. &c. Mam. B. M. 1869, p. 73. 



Paradoxurus ogilbyi, Fraser, Zool. Typ. pi. 10 (1849). 



/'. auratus, De Blainv. Osteographie, Fiverra, pp. 21, 96, pi. vii. 



