736 DR. A. GUxNTHER ON NEW MAMMALS. [Nov. 7. 



Hairs of the tail of moderate length, rather stiff, bright brownish red, 

 each hair with a broad black ring. 



2. The second specimen is from Puerto Princesa, Palawan (num- 

 bered 6798); it has the upper part of the head, the middle of 

 the back, and the outer side of the legs grizzled with greyish brown 

 and black, each hair having a black ring and black tip. Sides of the 

 body similarly grizzled, but mixed with numerous white hairs. Lower 

 parts pure white, with the exception of the root of the tail ; anal region 

 and borders of the white abdomen brownish red. Coloration of tail 

 as in the first specimen, but with the tip black. 



Specimen 1. Specimen 2. 

 in. in. 



Distance from end of snout to root of tail 9^ 9 



Length of tail 6£ 7 



Length of naked sole of hind foot 1^ H 



Length of skull 2 



2. On a Collection from Borneo. 



Mr. H. Low has brought with him to England a second collection, 

 from the same district in which the specimens described in a former 

 paper (p. 424) were obtained. It contains two molar teeth of 

 an adult Elephant undistinguishable from those of Elephas indicus. 

 They had been evidently exposed for a long time to the deteriorating 

 influences of the weather ; and although Elephants are no longer found 

 in the immediate vicinity of the west coast, Mr. Low has reliable infor- 

 mation of their occurrence in the interior, and has no doubt of this 

 animal being indigenous in Borneo, and not merely an importation. 



The following species prove to be undescribed : — 



Lutra lovii, sp. nov. 



Entirely chocolate-brown, nearly black along the middle line of 

 the back. Lips and chin to the level of the ears white, cheeks 

 and throat brown. The white of the upper lip extends upwards 

 nearly to the nostril, and is sharply defined towards the brown part 

 of the snout. Bristles arising from brown parts are black, those from 

 white parts white. Ears conspicuous. 



in. 



Distance of nose from vent 23 



Length of tail 11 



Distinguished from Lutra simung by its much shorter tail. 



Hystrix crassispinis, sp. nov. (Plate LXX.) 



This species, which belongs to the same section as ll.javanica and 

 the allied species, is distinguished from all by the great size and 

 length of the quills, all of which, moreover, are more or less distinctly 

 grooved above, or at least provided with ridges. It is conspicuously 

 smaller than H.javanica, but agrees with it in being covered every- 

 where with stiff spines, except on the foremost part of the head and 

 abdomen. The largest quills are, in the middle, about twice as thick 



