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the hope of calling the attention of local members to this 

 interesting desideratum. The two other specimens represent 

 a well marked local race of Viverra zibetha, which I propose to 

 call loiGta. 



Viverra zihetha jpida, sub-sp. n. 



A local race of V. zihetha, distinguished by its bright marking. 

 Size and fur as in true zihetha. 



General colour scheme as in zihetha, including the yellowish tinge 

 in the grovind colour, but all the dorsal markings most distinct. 

 On the posterior half of the back the markings on each side of 

 the median black crest coalescing to form continuous black lines 

 parallel with it, only separated from it by narrow continuous lines 

 of the ground colour (a buffy grey). 



Skull as in zihetha. 



Dimensions of the type: — Head and body, 800 ; tail, 435 ; hind- 

 foot, 126; ear, 53. Skull: — Greatest length, 136 (140) ; basilar 

 length, 124 (130); greatest breadth, 70 (74) ; braincase breadth, 39 

 (40) ; greatest length of carnassial, 13*5 (15-5) ; length of bullae, 18 



Habitat. — Hkaniti, Upper Chindwin River. 



Ty]De. — Adult male, B. M. No. 15.7.1.9. Original number 5900. 

 Collected by Messrs. G. C. Shortridge and S. A. Macmillan, on the 

 31st July 1914, and presented to the National Collection by the 

 Bombay Natural History Society. 



The second specimen was taken at the same place and on almost 

 the same date. Though labelled as a male, it is apparently a female, 

 it agrees in all characters both of skin and skull with the Tjrpe, 

 except in so far as can be accounted for by sex. 



On laying out all the material in the National Collection in order 

 to compare the above specimens, I found that the Lower Burma 

 specimens of zihetha are easily distinguishable by the clear grey of 

 the ground colour, and I propose to separate them under the name 

 'pruinosa. 



Viverra zihetha pridnosa, sub-sp. nov. 



A local race of zihetha, distinguished by the total absence of the 

 yellow tinge in the ground colour of that species. 



Size and fur as in true zihetha. 



General colour scheme exactly as in zibetha, but the tips of all 

 the hairs pure white, not buffy as in zihetha. 



Skull as in zibetha, but buUse markedly longer. 



Dimensions of the type : — Head and body," 760 ; tail, 432 ; hind 

 foot, 132; ear, 51. Skull: — Greatest length, 140; basilar length, 

 129; greatest breadth, 71; braincase breadth, 37; greatest length 

 of carnassial, 16; length of bullae, 22. 



