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the rank of a species; but until series from intermediate localities are 
collected it would be unsafe to presume that the differences between 
the typical H. awropunctatus and this variety will not be bridged 
over. 
Some of Dr. Anderson’s specimens of H. auropunctatus } no doubt 
also belong to this Burmese race. 
2. Hexictis personata, Geof. 
a. b. Manipur, 28/2 and 6/3/81. 
Dr. Anderson ® places this species as a synonym of H. moschata, 
Gray; but the most cursory examination either of the original figure 
or of that given by De Blainville, both referred to by him, would 
have shown him that it was really different, as the teeth are depicted 
of a size even larger than is found in either H. nepalensis or 
orientalis, the two usually recognized representatives of the large- 
toothed group, while H. moschata is the type of the small-toothed 
section of the genus. 
The very large size of the teeth seems to be a character of the 
continental lowland race, in contrast to the comparatively small- 
toothed Nepalese and Javan forms, these having in their turn far 
larger teeth than the Chinese H. moschata. Whether now H. nepa- 
lensis and orientalis are even varietally distinct from each other I am 
very doubtful, but in any case H. personata, although coming from a 
more or less intermediate locality, is sufficiently distinct from both 
by its larger teeth and greyer colour, to merit specific separation. 
The distribution and relations of these three races, H. nepalensis, 
orientalis, and personata, form an interesting comment on Mr. 
Wallace’s remarks on the Himalayan, Javanese, and Malay faunas *. 
3. TUPAIA BELANGERI, Wagn. 
a. Aimole 11/4/81. 6. Machi 1/5/81. 
4. Preropus MEpDIvs, Temm. 
a. &. Kotschim-kooleh, 7/4/81. 
5. VesPERuUGO (VESPERUS) PACHYPUS, Temm. 
a. Aimole, 14/4/81. 
This somewhat rare species has been found at isolated localities 
over nearly the whole of the Oriental Region. 
6. VESPERUGO ABRAMUS, Temm. 
a. Aimole, 14/4/81. 
7. ScIUROPTERUS ALBONIGER, Hodgs. 
a.-d. Machi, 4—-10/5/81. 
This species differs much more from S. fimbriatus, Gray, than is 
generally recognized. The shape and proportions of its skull and 
the colour of its incisors are markedly different, and it has no trace 
of the minute extra hind foot-pad characteristic of S. fimbriatus. 
1 Op. cit, p. 173. 2 Op. cit. p. 198. 
8 Island Life, p. 358 (1880). 
