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Type .-—Adult $ B. M. No. 20. 6. 6. 3. Original number 16. 

 Collected by Mr. J. P. Mills on the llth October 1919 and presented 

 to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



Eight specimens examined, all from the type locality. Though 

 four of these are females I have been unable to verify the mammary 

 formula. 



(B). A NEW PALM-CIVET FEOM ASSAM. 



In a collection made by Mr. J. P. Mills at Mokokchung, 5,000' Naga 

 Hills, is a Viverrid which is so undoubtedly distinct from any other 

 I know that I have no hesitation in describing it under the name 

 of :— 



ArCTOGALIDIA MILLS!, Sp. U. 



An Arctogalidia of the leucotis type but markedly larger in size. 



Size (judging from the skull) about | larger than leucotis. Fur and 

 general colouring as in leucotis, except that the three dorsal stripes 

 are black and more strongly marked than in any specimen of leucotis 

 which I have ever seen. The tail coloured like the body for half its 

 length, with indistinct dark rings about an inch apart, the remainder 

 black with a very short bright buff tip, which however may be only 

 an individual character ; in leucotis at least f is pale and the rest 

 dark. The underside is a drab white, with a pure white patch on the 

 chest, which is possibly also an individual character, for I have seen 

 it in some specimens of leucotis. In that species the underside is 

 rather buffy than drab. 



Skull markedly larger than in leucotis, the posterior palatal tube 

 much more elongated than in any other species. 



Dimensions of the type measured on the skin and therefore only 

 approximate, those in brackets the corresponding measurements 

 of a $ specimen of leucotis from Tenasserim, recorded by its collec- 

 tor :— Head and body 600 mm. (515); tail 700 (660); hindfoot 100 

 (89); ear 45 (47). Skull :— Greatest length 121 (109); basilar 

 length 112 (98) zygomatic breadth 67'5 (58'5) ; interorbital breadth 17 

 (16'5) ; braincase breadth 38 (35'5) ; from front of canine to back 

 of last molar 42*5 (38). 



Hah .-—Naga Hills. Type from Mokokchung, 5,000'. 



Tyfe -—Adult s B. M. No. 20.6.6.6. Original number 4. 

 Collected by Mr. J. P. Mills on 5th September 1919 and presented 

 to the National Collection by the Bombay Natural History Society. 



Unfortunately no body measurements were recorded by the Collec- 

 tor, those used are accordingly only approximate ; even the length 

 of the hindfoot is little more than a guess, the bone having been re- 

 moved. There is enough, however, with the skull measurements, to 

 show that this is a markedly larger animal than leucotis. Blanford 

 gives a distribution from Sylhet to Tenasserim for leucotis, and Blyth 



