1847.] 



The new Mineral Newboldite. 



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P. S. The following list of the species of Paradoxums cum Paguma, 

 according to various authorities, may be useful. 





Name secundum 







Gray, 



Cantor. 



Hodgson. 



Habitat. 



1. Typus, 



Hermaphrodita, 



>» 



Deccan and Carna- 

 tic, Malay penins. 

 and islands ? 



2. Bondar, 



»» 



Hirsutus, 



Gangetic provinces, 

 passim. 



3. Prehensilis, 



Hermaphrodita, 



>» 



Malay Penins. and 

 islands ? 



4. Musanga, 



Hermaphrodita, 



>» 



Malay Penins. and 

 islands. 



5. Dubius, 



Hermaphrodita, 



i> 



Idem. 



6. Crossii, 



Hermaphrodita, 



> » 



Idem. 



7. Pallasii, 



Hermaphrodita, 



tt 



Idem. 



8. Leucopus, 



>» 



»» 



? 



9. Larvatus, 



> > 



>» 



China. 



10. Trivirgatus, 



Trivirgatus, 



ii 



Malay Penins. and 

 islands. 



11. Zeylanicus, 



Aureus, 



>» 



Islands of Indian 

 Ocean. 



12. Leucomystax, 



Leucomystax, 



»> 



Idem. 



13. Nigrifrons, 



>> 



>> 



India : part un- 

 known. 



14. Penantii ? 



rt 



*Quadriscriptus, 



Sub -Himalayas: cen- 

 tral region. 



15. Grayii, 



>» 



Nepalensis, 



Idem, Central re- 

 gion. 



16. Laniger, 



>> 



Laniger, 



Idem : the Cachar. 



Description and Analysis of the new Mineral Newboldite, sent from 

 Southern India by Captain Newbold, Madras N. I., Assistant to 

 the Resident of Kurnool. — By II. Piddington, Curator Museum 

 Economic Geology. 



I had mislaid (that is, too carefully laid by) this specimen, and feared 

 for a long time that I had lost it, but fortunately finding it, I have 

 not again delayed to place it in our collection, and to give to our valued 

 correspondent Captain Newbold the credit which he deserves for his 

 discovery ; which is that of adding not only a new mineral, but, as will 

 be subsequently shown, establishing a new family of minerals, of which 

 we may hope for more genera as our acquaintance with Indian minera- 

 logy (perhaps we might say with mineralogy in general ?) augments. 



* General aspect of Bondar, but with four continuous dorsal lines and face marks as in 

 Nipalensis. Habitat exclusively monticolous. 



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