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he had catched one in theneighborhood of Sikka. Mr. Le Cocq d’Armand- 
ville , Priest at Sikka affirmed the occurrence of the Porcupine in Flores. 
Prof. Weber saw a still living specimen on the market at Makassar, 
transferred from Flores in a perogue ; its owner, an European , however 
would not seil it. Mr. de Haas , formerly Controller at Bima (Sumbawa) 
stated that the Porcupine is living in Manggarai, as is cailed the West- 
part of Flores, and that it is very frequent in Bima , where he had seen 
it. It too is an inhabitant of the isle of Buton as the people relates. 
As Celebes has a very peculiar Mammalian fauna, quite different 
from that of Java, the occurrence of the Javan Porcupine would be 
a very surprising fact and I cannot believe that it originally lived 
there; I am inclined to suppose that this animal a long remoted 
time ago has been brought over from Flores and that therefore the 
present population is convinced that it always lived there. 
Lepus. . 
Lepus nigricollis Cuvier. 
Java: Buitenzorg; skeleton (27S). 
The Hare from Java has been described by Temminck under the 
name of Lepus melanauchen : he regarded upon it as a species distinct 
from the Continental L. nigricollis. At present everyone is convinced 
that it is not to distinguish from the latter and it generally is believed 
that it has been introduced into Java from the Indian continent. No- 
body however has given grounds on which this Statement has been based. 
Insectivora. 
Tupaja. 
Tupaja tana Raffles. 
Sumatra: Manindjau; skins : cf ad (170), young <fd (180, 182). 
„ Singkarah; skins: d ad. (157). 
Tupaja javanica Horsfield. 
Sumatra: Solok, near Singkarah; skin : cf ad. (130). 
„ Paninggahan, near Singkarah; skin: Q ad. (129). 
„ Singkarah; three adult males and one ditto female (158, 
160, 161, 156). 
„ Manindjau; one male and three adult females (179, 177, 
208, 210). 
