4 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 6l 



PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS PALLENS, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull), No. 124201, United States 

 National Museum. Collected on Kisseraing Island, Mergui Archi- 

 pelago, February 4. 1904. Original No. 3106. 



Diagnosis. — Like Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ravus but tail 

 distinctly brownish instead of essentially black, its basal third, both 

 above and below, concolor with corresponding surfaces of body in 

 conspicuous contrast with uniformly dark terminal portion. 



Measurements. — Head and body, 538 mm.; tail, 425; hind foot 

 (dry), 84.5 (79) ; condylobasal length of skull (basal suture closed, 

 teeth much worn), 103.2 ; zygomatic breadth, 58.4 ; breadth of brain- 

 case, 33.7 ; interorbital breadth, 18.0 ; breadth of rostrum over canines, 

 19.4; mandible, 76.2; maxillary toothrow exclusive of incisors, 39.0; 

 mandibular toothrow exclusive of incisors, 42.6. 



Specimen examined. — The type. 



PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS PUGNAX, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull), No. 124100, United States 

 National Museum. Collected on Sullivan Island, Mergui Archi- 

 pelago, January 5, 1904, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original No. 2999. 



Diagnosis. — Like Paradoxurus hernia phrodit its pollens but size 

 slightly less and dark markings slightly more extensive, particularly 

 on thighs, upperarms, nape and cheeks. 



Measurements. — Type : head and body, 520 mm. ; tail, 420 ; hind 

 foot (dry), 83.5 (81) ; condylobasal length of skull (basal suture 

 closed, teeth much worn), 99.5 ; zygomatic breadth, 56.8; breadth of 

 braincase, 33.5; interorbital breadth, 17.5; breadth of rostrum over 

 canines, 18.6; mandible, 74.1; maxillary toothrow exclusive of in- 

 cisors, 39.1 ; mandibular toothrow exclusive of incisors, 41.8. 



Specimens examined. — Two, both from Sullivan Island. 



PARADOXURUS HERMAPHRODITUS SACER, new subspecies 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skull), No. 124032, United States 

 National Museum. Collected on Saint Matthew Island, Mergui 

 Archipelago, December 2y, 1903, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original 

 No. 2934. 



Diagnosis. — Like Paradoxurus hermaphroditus pollens but black 

 markings so reduced that dorsal stripes are broken up into lines of 

 spots ; skull smaller than in any of the other known Mergui forms, 

 scarcely exceeding that of Paradoxurus minor. 



