806 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE [NoV. 3, 



P. rubidus, Blytb, J. A. S. B. xxvii. p. 2/5 (I808); id. Cat. 

 Mam. A. S. p. 48. 



This is the largest species of the genus except P. musschenbroeki. 

 Tail about three quarters the length of the head and body. 



Colour in general rufescent brown, paler below ; underfur greyish 

 yellow at the base, the longer hairs bright rufous, and the tips dusky 

 or black. 



The terminal portion of the tail is black, the feet dark brown, 

 hind neck and back between the shoulders blackish. The forehead 

 and a broad band passing in front of each ear whitish, and some- 

 times the whole face (P. ogilbyi), but generally the muzzle as far as 

 the eyes is brown. Some skins are much more red than others. 

 Vibrissa white, a few of the shorter above black. 



Dimensions. The only trustworthy measurement I can find is by 

 Cantor, who gives head and body 2"] inches, tail 20. Skull about 

 5 inches long. 



Distribution. The Malay peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo, and pro- 

 bably some of the other Malay Islands, but not Java. 



Synonymy. The Amhhjodon dove of Jourdan v>as identified with 

 this species by De Blainville, and the description of the coloration 

 agrees with this species and not with P. grayi. If, as stated by 

 Gray, his P.jourdanii was probably founded on the same specimen, 

 that name also falls into the synonymy. There is nothing in the 

 description antagonistic to this view. P. ogilbyi of Fraser was 

 identified with this species by Gray, and, I believe, correctly. P. 

 aurntus was merely the Latin equivalent of M. Jonvii.s.n'' s Ainbliodon 

 dore. Lastly, the description of P. rubidus, Blyth, jjresents no dif- 

 ferences from P. leucomystax, and must, I think, be that of a redder 

 variety than usual. 



10. Paradoxurus musschenbroeki. 



Paradoxurus musschenbroeki, Schlegel, Notes on the Leyden 

 Museum, i. p. 43 ; Jentink, ib. v. p. 1/8. 



Tail about three quarters the length of the head and body. Fur 

 soft and short. 



Skull resembling that of P. hermaphroditus rather more than that 

 of P. grayi or P. leucomystax above, but with the bony palate pro- 

 duced as in the latter for some distance (0'35 inch in the specimen 

 examined) behind a line drawn through the hinder edges of the last 

 molars. The mesopterygoid fossa is narrow, the posterior opening 

 of the alisphenoid canal further back than in other species, and close 

 to the orifice of the foramen lacerum medium. The skuli examined 

 is imperfect behind and the bullee wanting. Teeth large, the molars 

 rounded, inner lobe of upper sectorial very large ; fourth lower pre- 

 molar with a high principal cusp. 



But the most remarkable peculiarity of the skull and dentition is 

 that the rows of upper premolars and molars, instead of diverging 

 greatly behind, as in all other Paradoxuri, are nearly parallel, the 

 hinder part of the palate being proportionately much narrower than 

 in other species of the genus. The distance between the anterior 



