9. AECTICIIS. 57 



Hemigalea HardwicMi. B.M. 



Pale yellow ; three streaks on the head, two streaks on the nape, 

 some marks on the ears, five crescent-like hands across the back, two 

 rings on the base of the taU, and the end of the tail black. 



Viverra Hardwickii. Qray, Spic. Zool. ii. p. 9, t. 1 (not Lesson). 

 H^migale zebrS, Voyage de la Bonite, t. ; Jourdan, Ann. Sci. Nat. viii. 



p. 277. 

 Viverra hoi^i, S. Miiller, Zoog. ind. Aroh. t. 18 : Schmz, Sun. Mamm. 



i. p. 363. 

 ParaHoxums derbianus, Gi'ay, Loudon's Mag. 2f. H. i. (1837) p. 579 ; 



Be Blainv. Ost. Atlas, t. 7, t. 12 (teeth). 

 Paradoxurus ? zebra, Gray, Loudon's Mag. N. H. i. (1837) p. 579 (from 



a drawing). 

 Paradoxurus philippensis (partly), Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 387. 

 Hemigalea Hardwickii, Qray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 524. 



Hdb. Malacca (JUajor FarquJiar) ; Borneo (Lowe). 



The skull agrees with Oenetta and Nandinia in the hinder opening 

 of the palate being only a short distance behind the line between 

 the back edges of the hinder tubercular grinders. The orbit is very 

 incomplete. The teeth are short, broad, and very unlike those of 

 Oenetta and Nandinia — somewhat similar to those of the genus 

 Paguma. The first and second false grinders are compressed, the 

 third has an inner lobe on the middle of the inner side. The flesh- 

 tooth is triangular, scarcely longer than the width of the middle of 

 the tooth, the large inner lobe occupies nearly the whole inner side. 

 The tubercular grinders are oblong, triangular, much wider than 

 long, rounded on the inner side ; the hinder one like the front, but 

 only about half the size. The nose of the skull is elongate. The 

 brain-cavity ovate, ventricose, not suddenly constricted in front. 

 Forehead shelving, rather convex. The buUse of the ears are oblong, 

 elongate, vesicular, truncated behind, and keeled on the outer edge. 

 Length of the skuU 3" 9'", of nose 1" 4^'", of zygomatic arch and 

 orbit 1," 6'" ; width of brain-case 1" 3'", of back of mouth 6" IJ'", 

 of zygoma 1" 10'". 



Tribe VI. ARCTICTIDINA. 



The hinder part of the tarsus bald and callous. The tail thick, 

 strong, and prehensile. Fur harsh, bristly. Ears pencilled. Fre- 

 num hairy. Orbit of skull imperfect, only defined by a prominence 

 above.— ffray, P. Z. S. 18.64, p. 523. 



9. ARCTICTIS. 



Head conical. "Whiskers numerous, long, rigid, more slender on 

 the cheeks, throat, and eyebrows. Nose acute ; underside fl.at, with a 

 broad central groove. Eyes small. Ears closely covered with long 

 hairs, forming a pencil. Toes 5/5. Claws compressed, acute, re- 

 tractile. Soles of hind feet broad, entirely bald and callous to the 

 heel. Tail conical, covered with long hair, convolute. Frenum 



