1852.] Proceedings of the Asiatic Society. 349 



and we therefore substitute for it the other appellation by which it 

 has also been described.* 



Lutra nair, F. Cuv. Specimen procured at an elevation of 4,500 

 ft., near Newera Elia. 



Ursus labiatus. Skull of an old female. 



Sorex. Two species of typical Shrew, one the S. ferruginetjs, 



rufous phase Sc. sunia by Mr. Hodgson), — some of the Asiatic Podargi (v. Ba~ 

 trachostomi), vide J. A. S. XVIII, 806, &c. 



* The determination of the above species of Mungouste necessitated a more 

 elaborate study of the various Indian species of the group than we had previously 

 the opportunity of bestowing ; and the following are the results arrived at, from 

 the series of specimens now in the Society's museum, among which we discriminate 

 the following : — 



1. Urva cancrivora, Hodgson. Hab. Nepal; Arakan; Afghanistan (Grif- 

 fith). 



2. Mungos vitticollis, (Bennet). Hab. Malabar; Ceylon. {N. B. Bare- 

 ly separable, generically, from the last, although the bony orbital rings are com- 

 plete in adults — as in the following species, with the exception of H. brachyurus 

 which is about equally worthy of separation. The black lateral neck-band in the 

 present species is represented by a white one in the preceding). 



3. Herpestes rubiginosus, Kelaart ; H. Elliott, nobis. Hab. S.India; 

 Ceylon. 



4. M. malaccensis (?), Fischer : H. nyula, Hodgson : H. griseus apud nos, 

 passim. Hab. Bengal ; Nepal ; Arakan ? Malayan peninsula ? We possess a 

 fine mounted albino of this species, referred to H. griseus in J. A. S. XV, 250. 



5. H. griseus, (Geoffroy). Viverra mungo, L., et H. pallidus, Schinz, apud 

 Horsfield. Hab. Hindustan ; S. India ; Ceylon ? N. B. Resembles the last in 

 size and form, and H. nipalensis in the character of its fur. 



6. H. fulvescens, v.flavidens, Kelaart. Hab. Ceylon; S.India? 



7. H. nipalensis et auropunctatus, Hodgson. Hab. Bengal ; Upper India 

 generally ; Sindh ; Afghanistan ; Malayan peninsula (Cantor). N. B. Varies 

 much in general cast of colour, ashy or fulvous prevailing, some also being very 

 pale, others dark. 



8. H. javanicus, (Geoff.) Hab. Malayan peninsula and archipelago, ascending 

 northward to Chittagong. N. B. Does not seem to differ from the last except 

 in colour. 



9. H. fuscus, Waterhouse. Hab. Nilgiris. 



10. H. (?) brachyurus, Gray. Hab. Malayan peninsula. Remark. The 

 only two species of Mungouste inhabiting Bengal are H. malaccensis ? (nyula) 

 and H. nipalensis. 



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