1878.] W. T. Blanford — On some Mammals from Tcnasserim. 153 



rente, laterihus maculis longisfuscis superne majttsculis, suhtus minorihiis 

 signatis, cello sursttm duohus fasciis latis suhnigris longiiudinalihtcs, inter 

 se vittd albci angustd, medio ficsco-lineatd, discretis, notato ; caudd annulis 

 septem fuscis alhisque alternis circumdatdj il lis fere duplo latiorihus, apice 

 alhescente. 



Long, a rostro ad anum 1825, caudcs sine pilis ad apicem 16, pilorum 

 0*75, tota 35 ; cranii 3, tarsi a calcaneo 2'^ poll. angl. 



Hal), in provincid Tenasserim, (Davison, Limborg). 



Upper part brownish black broken up by greyish white bands, lower 

 parts white, tail brownish black with 7 white rings, tip whitish. Two 

 broad black bands run down each side of the upper part of the neck, between 

 them is a narrow greyish white band with a faint mesial dark streak, some- 

 what interrupted, and passing into two bands of elongate spots between the 

 shoulders. The two broad dark bands pass into the dark patches of the 

 back ; on each side of these bands is a white rather wavy stripe, commen- 

 cing at the ear and continued along the neck, above the shoulder, and down 

 the side to the thighs, becoming more irregular behind ; below this again is 

 a dark band somewhat broken up into spots in front, passing over the 

 shoulder, and continued as a line of large spots along the side. The back is 

 chiefly brownish black, crossed by six narrow transverse whitish bands, the 

 first five equidistant, the foremost communicating with the mesial neck 

 band, and the hinder all uniting with the white band on the side, so as to 

 break up the dark colour into large spots. There are small black spots on 

 the fore neck, lower portion of the sides, and outside of the limbs, the spots 

 on the fore neck forming an imperfect gorget. The white rings on the tail 

 are not much more than half the breadth of the dark rings ; the last dark 

 ring, near the tip, and the first white ring are narrower than the others. 

 Nose dark brown mixed with grey, a dark ring round each orbit with a 

 streak running back to below the ear and another passing up to the crown ; 

 forehead between and behind the eyes, and in front of the ears, and cheeks, 

 pale grey. Ears rounded and clad with blackish hairs outside and near the 

 margin inside, a few long pale hairs on the inner surface of the ear conch. 

 Whiskers long, extending to behind the ears, the upper brown, the lower en- 

 tirely white. Soles, except the pads, which are naked, covered with fine hair. 



The fur is soft and short throughout, that on the upper parts is ashy 

 grey at the base ; lower fur very fine, tips of the longer hairs black or 

 white ; none of the hairs are more than half an inch long on the back, being 

 much shorter than in P. pardicolor. 



The following dimensions are taken on a fully adult male specimen 

 preserved whole in spirit. The length of the body would perhaps be an 

 inch or two more in a fresh specimen, the other dimensions are probably 

 unaltered. 



