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A. Specimen from the Coromandel coast. Pre- 
sented alive by the Hon'ble W. Elliott, as his 
Wagati* [vide J. A. S., XYII, note to p. 84). B. C. 
D. E, Stand of four Himalayan specimens. Present- 
ed by Capt. T. Hutton and by the Curator (1842-6). 
F. G. H. I. J» Stand of five specimens, from 
Sikhim, Asam, and the Tenasserim provinces. 
Presented by Gr. Oakes, Esq., c. s.. Col. Jenkins, 
and a O'Ryley, Esq. (1842-9). {N. 5.— The 
marbled specimen upon this stand is from Asam. 
K. L, M. Stand of three specimens from the 
Malayan peninsula ; from the Rev. F. Lindstedt 
and Mr. Moxon (1845). iV.^.— Two of these 
represent the F. javanensis, Horsf. ; and the third 
is F, siimatrana, and indeed typical hengalensis. 
N. Skeleton (of the specimen with marbled fur). 
O. Skull. Society's old collection. 
N, B. — This fine series of thirteen stufied specimens illustrates con- 
vincingly the extraordinary variation of marking's observable in the 
species, and also the gradations from one variety to another. 
179. F. CELIDOGASTER, Tcmmiuck (apud Gray). 
Syn. F. viverrina, Bennett. 
F. viverriceps, Hodgson. 
F, himalayana, Warwick. 
F, hengalensis apud Buch, Hamilton, M, S.^ 
' Tiger-cat' of Lower Bengal ; Mdtch-Bdg- 
/•z«/ ( ^ fishing Tigerlet'), and Da^M, B. 
Hab. India generally ; Ceylon ; Asam ; Tenasserim 
provinces : common at the foot of the 
Himalaya, but does not ascend the hills. 
Memarh. — The skin of this animal originally described by Tem- 
minck was supposed to have been from America. The skull is 
remarkable for the attenuation of the nasal bones, whence a certain nar- 
rowness of visage, which has suggested the names viverrina and 
viverriceps ; if not also the markings, which considerably resemble 
those of VlVERRICULA MALACCENSIS, No. 143. 
A. B. C, D, E» Stand of five stuffed specimens, 
of various ages ; from the vicinity of Calcutta. 
F. Skeleton. G, Skull. H, Ditto of young 
kitten. 
* The Wagdti is referred by Dr. J. E. Gray to the next species. 
t In Dr. Horsfield's catalogue, the h^^its of this species are thus erroneously 
given as those of F, bengaUnsis^ quoted from Hamilton's M. S. S. 
