6 MR. J. L. BONHOTE ON [Jan. 15, 



Felis sp. ? 



a. Flat skin with no data of a Cat belonging apparently to the 

 Felis hengalensis group. 



YlVERRA MEGASPILA Blyth. 



Viverra megas2?ila Blyth, J. A. S. B. xxxi. p. 331 (1862). 



a. Nambon, Annam. 



A fine adult specimen with well-marked and clear-cut spots. 



YlVERRICULA MALACCENSIS (Gmel.). 



Viverra malaccensis Gmel., Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 92 (1788); 

 Gray, P.Z.S. 1861, p. 136. 



Viverricula malaccensis (Gmel.), Bonhote, Ann. & Ma^-. N. H. 

 ser. 7, vol. i. p. 118 (1898). 



a. Imm. No data. 



Paradoxurus minor Bonh. 



Paradoxurits minor Bonh. Fasci. Mai., Zool. i. p. 9 (1903). 

 a, h. § imm. Bali, Annam, 250 m., 10th Nov., 1905. 

 These are both very young specimens, which agree closely with 

 the type. 



Herpestes exilis Gerv. 



Herpestes exilis Gerv. Zool. de la Bonite, p. 32 (1841); Gray, 

 P.Z.S. 1864, p. 555. 



Herpestes javaniciis (Geoff.), Anders. Zool. Res. p. 185 (1879). 

 Herpestes rutilus Gray, P.Z.S. 1861, p. 136. 

 Calogale rutilus Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. 

 a,h. $ . Nha-trang, 26th Dec, 1905. 



I have carefully compared these specimens with some from 

 Siam and others from Cochin China, among them Gray's type 

 of H. rutilus. The Cochin China and Annam specimens are all 

 very like each other, and differ in their mvich redder colour from 

 Siamese specimens. They also differ in their much deeper colour 

 from Javan specimens. Gei-vais's type of H. exilis came from 

 Cochin China, and as his description agrees fairly well with these 

 fresh specimens, his name of H. exilis, which antedates Gray's, 

 must stand. 



The skidls of H. exilis, although veiy similar to those from 

 Siam and Java, are larger and more I'obust. The Siamese animal 

 is apparently intermediate between H. hirmanicus and H. exilis. 



The following is a description of the present specimens : — 

 General colour rufous, punctvilated with white. Each hair is 

 black, with three oi- four buff or rufous anniilations. The distal 

 annulations and generally the tip of each hair are rufous, while 

 along the centre of the back, the head, cheeks, and tail these 

 rufous annulations are deeper in colour and moi-e marked, causing 

 the animal to appear quite red along those areas. The under 

 pai'ts ai-e more sparsely covered with hairs and the annulations 



