1885.] GENUS PARADOXURUS. 737 



these were P. offilbyi, locality unknown, in 1849 by Fraser, in his 

 * Zoologia Typica '; P. setosus, from Ceram, by Hombron and Jac- 

 quinot, in the ' Voyage au Pole Sud ' ; P. crassiceps, by Pueheran 

 in 1855 ; P. montanus, Kelaart, by Blyth, in 1851 ; P. rubidus, by 

 Blyth, in 1858 ; and P. strictus and P. quadriscriptus, by Hodgson, 

 in 1855. 



In Horsfield's ' Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum of the 

 East-India Company,' published in 1851, the following species were 

 enumerated : — Paradoxurus typus, P. 7nusanga, P. prehensilis, P. 

 trivirgatus, P. pa/lasii, P. Jiidaysonii, P. Jeueotis, Paguma graiji, 

 and P. hondar. Of these P. leucotis, Blyth, was new. 



Temminck, in his ' Esquisses Zoologiques sur la Cote de Guin&,' 

 which appeared in 1853, gave a fresh list of the species comprised 

 in this genus. In this list two additional names were added to those 

 previously enumerated as valid in his monograph ; these were P. 

 ogilbyi and P. stigmuticus, the latter described from Borneo in the . 

 ' Esquisses.' 



Giebel's ' Siiugethiere' (1859) contained accounts of nine specific 

 forms : P. leucopus, P. larvatus, P. philippensis, P. leucomystax, P. 

 hondar, P. typus, P. musanga, P. trivirgatus, and P. hinotatus. 

 Some caustic remarks, not more severe tlian the occasion demanded, 

 were added upon the mere nominal species invented by Dr. Gray 

 and others. 



In Gray's Monographs of 1864 (P. Z. S.)and 1869 (Cat. Cam. &c. 

 Mamm. B.M.) two additional names are introduced : P. fasciatus 

 instead of P. musanga, founded, but erroneously, as shown by Alston ', 

 on Uesmarest's Viverra fasciata, and P. macrodus. P. fuscus of 

 Kelaart is also mentioned under P. zeylanicus, but no such specific 

 name was used by Kelaart, who only called the form P. zeylanicus 

 \&r. fuscus. Some other MS. names are enumerated as synonyms; 

 the only one of any importance is P. leucocephalus, Grav, 'Voy. 

 Samarang,' quoted under P. leucomystax. I cannot find any notice 

 of the species in the work named. 



Blyth's ' Catalogue of the Mammalia in the Museum Asiatic 

 Society' (Calcutta, 1863), contained the following names, with 

 synonymy, of species represented in the collection : — P. musanga 

 (inclusive of P. typus), P. zeylanicus, P. trivirgatus, P. leucotis, P. 

 laniyer(J), P. leucomystax, P. grayi, and P. rubidus. In Jerdon's 

 'Mammals of India' (1867), the onl}' species described are P. 

 musanga, P. grayi, and P. bandar, but Cingalese, Assamese, and 

 Burmese forms are omitted. From Burma Blyth, in the List of 

 Mammals published iu 18/5, records P. grayi, P. musanga, P. tri- 

 virgatus, and P. leucotis. The only species included in Mr. Swinhoe's 

 hst of the mammals of Southern China (P. Z. S. 1870, p. 630) is 

 P. larvatus. 



Adding to the above list the k^ names recently given, we have 

 thus a grand total of no less than forty-nine specific terms given by 



1 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 666. 



