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Leuconoe dry as, K. And. 



Myotis dryas, K. Anderson, Ann. Mn.s. Genov. (3) III., p. 37- 

 1907. Andaman Island. 



Leuconoe longipes, Dobs, 



Syn. Ves]mtilio megalopus, Dobs, (see above). 



Besides the characters detailed by Dobson and Blanford, L. longi- 

 'pes is at once distinguishable from its allies by the small size of the 

 skull, only 14 mm. in length and 7 mm. across the brain case. 



B. — Some Notes on the Viverrine Genus Hemigalus. 

 BY Oldfield Thomas. 



(Published hy permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.') 



Among the speciriiens obtained for the Survey by Mr. Shortridge 

 in the extreme south of Tenasserim are two adult examples of the 

 handsome banded Viverrine on which the genus Hemigalus (com- 

 monly misquoted afe Hemigale) was founded, thus adding to the 

 Fauna of British India a genus not hitherto known to occur there. 

 Elsewhere J3eTO^^aZ^(s ranges over the Malay Peninsula, Su.matra (in- 

 cluding the Pagi Islands) and Borneo, but does not extend into Java. 



On looking into the question of the proper technical name of the 

 animal I find that it has almost always been known by the wrong 

 specific name, in addition to the erroneous use of Hemigale for 

 Hemigalus. 



From the synonymy which follows it will be seen that the 

 commonly used name hardwichli was invalid from the first, having 

 been previously used for another animal, that the next author who 

 wrote about it— Jourdan — used no Latin specific names, though he 

 gave the genus name Hemigalus, and that therefore Gray's name of 

 derhianus is the first available, and should accordingly be used. 



Hemigalus derhianus, Gray. 



Viverra hardwickii. Gray, Spic. ZooL, pt. II., p. 9., 1830 

 (Malacca) nee Viverra hardwickii (misprinted hardivichii), Less. 

 Man. Mamm., p. 172, 1827. 



Hemigale zebre, Jourd., 0. R. v., p. 442, Sept. 1837 (no Latin 

 specific name). 



Pardoxurus derhyanus*, Gray, Charlw. M. N. H., I., p. 599, Nov. 

 1837 (no locality). 



Paradoxurus (?) zehra, Gray, 1. c, Nov. 1837 (based on Jourdan's 

 specimen) 



Paradoxurus derhianus, Gray, P.Z.S., 1837, p. 67 (pub. Jan. 22, 

 1838— see P.Z.S., 1893, p. 437). (Malay Peninsula.) 



Viverra hoiei, Miill., Tijdschr. Nat. Ges., v., p. 144, 1838. 

 (S. E. Borneo.) 



