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Nepal, Asam, Sylhet, Arakan, Siam, Southern China, and was ob¬ 
tained by the late Dr. Cantor in the Malayan peninsula, being noted 
by him from Pinang and Singapore. A second race, V. civettina, 
nobis, inhabiting Southern Malabar, quite resembles V. ciyetta, 
except in the particular of the mane. A third race, Y. megaspila, 
nobis, has been confounded with V. tanggalunga, Gray, but is as large 
as the preceding, and has the spots fewer and much larger, and entire 
for the most part (or shewing little tendency to group into ocelli) ; 
and on the sides they tend less to unite into vertical bands or stripes 
than in Y. civetta and Y. civettina. Such are the specimens from 
Prome ; and I think that the late Dr. Cantor possessed a similar 
one from Pinang (which he referred to Y. tanggaluhga) ; while a 
third (stated to be Sumatran,) was assigned toY. zibetha in Water¬ 
house’s Catalogue of the Zoological Society’s late museum.* V. tang- 
galunga, Gray, is always smaller (so far as I have seen), with much 
smaller and more numerous spots grouping more or less into ocelli; 
a comparatively broad black dorsal stripe, and tail somewhat peculiar 
in its marking. This race inhabits the Malayan peninsula, Sumatra, 
Borneo, Celebes, Amboyna, and the Philippines (from which last 
locality I have seen examples). All are very closely akin ; but as races 
are easily enough distinguishable, and they do not appear to grade 
into each other ; being about equivalent to those of Martes elayi- 
gula noticed in J. A. S. XXYI, 31G.f 
Helictis orientalis, Horsfield. Skin from Prome; and skeleton 
and stuffed skin of examples procured at Rangoon, in which locality 
1 have observed the species wild.J Referring to the figure of H. 
orientalis, (Horsf.), in the Zool. lies, in Java , I cannot perceive in 
what respect the H. nipalensis differs ; nor can I learn in what the 
H. mosciiata, Gray, of China, also differs. H. orientalis, (Horsf.), 
would seen to be the animal with somewhat abraded fur. The 
Society’s museum contains fine examples from Sylhet and Arakan. 
Sciurus bicolor, Sparrman ; Sc. feertjcineus, F. Cuv. ( Kerau - 
drenii , Lesson); and Sc. Piiayrei, nobis. The second belongs to Arakan 
* Vide J. A. S. XVIT, 184-2, p. 344. 
t Maries Owatkinsii, C. H. Smith, from Masuri, would seem to be merely M. 
flavigula in summer vesture ( vide P. Z. S. 1858 , p. 51 ( 1 ) ; but the Nilgiri race 
is, I believe, permanently black on all the upper parts. I find Mabtes flavigula 
cited from the valley of the Amur. 
+ Syn. Melogale personata , Is. Geoff., Belanger’s Yoy. ; procured near Ran¬ 
goon. 
