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and a tip, the lowest ring about 7mm. the others decreasing in 

 width to the fourth (o^mm), their colour the same as, but rather 

 paler than in moerens, so that the grizzling appears finer than in 

 any of the other races. 



Dimensions of the type: — Head and body, 480; tail, 410; 

 hindfoot, 80. Skull: — Condylo-incisive, length, 81; zygomatic 

 breadth, 43. The similar body measurements of an adult female 

 from Seringapatam are given by Mr. Shortridge as 400. 355. 71. 

 28 respectively. 



Habitat. — The type locality is Dharwar, but Mr. Shortridge also 

 obtained specimens from Mysore and Coorg and the British 

 Musetim possess a specimen from Travancore, so that this is no 

 doubt the form found throughout Southern India. 



2Vi?e.— Adult male, No. 12. 6. 29. 44. Original number 476. 

 Collected by Mr. G. C. Shortridge on the 5th January 1912, and 

 presented to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural His- 

 tory Society. 



Mungos mungo ferrugineus, Blanf. 



1874. Herpestes ferrugineus, Blanford. P. Z, S., p. 661. 



1884. Herpestes andersoni, Murray. Vert. Zool. Sind,, p. 34. 



Under fur about normal, of a bright buff colour, dorsal hairs 

 long as in pallens (50-55mm.), the dark rings less wide (7-8mm.) 

 and more brightly coloured than in that race. 



The dimensions quoted by both Blanford and Murray are 

 unreliable, the former giving those of a flat skin, while the latter 

 bases on a mounted specimen. Fortunately the British Museum 

 has a female specimen presented by Capt. Whitehead, taken by him 

 at Kohat, for which he recorded the following dimensions : — Head 

 and body, 350 ; tail, 380 ; hindfoot, 73 ; ear, 25. M. m. ferrugineus, 

 therefore, is the same size as the other races. 



Both Blanford and Murray give the type locality as Kotree, 

 Sind. As we have seen it has been taken at Kohat, and it there- 

 fore no doubt occurs in Baluchistan and perhaps the northern 

 Punjaub. 



Mungos lanla, sp. no v. 



A species undoubtedly very closely related to mungo, but though 

 all the above races of mungo appear to intergrade where they meet 

 each other, lanha, as was to be expected from it's instilar position, 

 shows no such tendency with regard to ellioti it's nearest neighbour. 

 It seems to me therefore most convenient to recognise it as a 

 distinct species. 



The general pattern of colouring is quite the same as in mungo, 

 but there is a complete absence of ferruginous coloring on the face 

 and feet. 



