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The average of the dimensions of 6 males and 7 females are as 

 follows :— Head and body, s 390, $ 365 ; tail, ^ 367, $ 347 ; 

 hindfoot, s 77, $ 71 ; ear, c? 81 $ 28. Skull of an adult male 

 from Daltonganj, condylo-incisive length, 81 ; zygomatic breadth, 42. 



Distribution : — Nepal, and Lower Ganges Valley. A single 

 specimen was obtained at Sohagpur, C. P. 



Mungos Tnungo ^aliens, Ryl, 



1914. Mungos mungo pollens, Rylej'^., Journ. B. N. H. S. 

 XXII, p. 660. 



A desert form of mungo, from which it differs chiefly bj^ its 

 longer hair, and much lighter colour. 



The under fur very dense, and of a pure white colour. The 

 length of the dorsal hairs greater (50 — 55 mm.), and the dark 

 rings on the individual hairs wider (8 — 10 mm.), than in true imtJif/o, 

 consequently the grizzling appears coarser than in mungo. 



The dimensions of the type given by Miss Ryley are as follows : — 

 Head and body, 378; tail, 398; hindfoot, 74; ear, 27. Skull:— 

 condylo-incisive length, 793 ; zygomatic breadth, 41*1. The 

 receipt of further material however shows that 'pallens is in no way 

 smaller than mungo, indeed if averages are to be exactly trusted, it 

 grows slightly larger. 



The type locality of pallens is Palanpur, but, as Miss Ej^ley 

 pointed out, it is found all over Rajputana, and more recently the 

 Survey has obtained it from Kumaon. 



Mungos mungo moerens, sub-sp. n. 



Under fur normal, buffy white. The length of the dorsal hairs 

 greater than in mungo, less than in pallens (45*50 mm.) The dark 

 rings on the individual hairs are as in mungo, but the colour is very 

 dark brown, almost black (' seal brown'). 



Dimensions of the type: — Head and body, 392; tail, 361; 

 hindfoot, 73; ear, 27. Skull: — Condylo-incisive length, 81 mm; 

 zygomatic breadth, 38*5. The same body dimensions of a large 

 male from Berar are: 430. 415. 78. 32. respectively. 



Habitat. — The type is from Ganoor, Nimar, but the Surve}' has 

 also obtained specimens from Cutch, West Khandesh, Berar, and the 

 Central Provinces. 



Type.— Adult female, B. M. No. 12. 6. 28. 14. Original mmi- 

 ber 728. Collected by Mr. C. A. Crump, on 22nd December 1911, 

 and presented to the National Museum by the Bombay Natural 

 History Society. 



Mungos mungo ellioti, sub-sp. n. 



Under fur fairly copious, bright buff in colour. Dorsal hairs 

 short as in mungo (40-45 mm.), buffy white with four dark rings 



