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Show 736 DR. A. GUNTHER ON NEW MAMMALS. [Nov. 7. Hairs of the tail of moderate length, rather stiff, bright brownish red, each hair with a broad black ring. 2. The second specimen is from Puerto Princesa, Palawan (numbered 6798); it has the upper part of the head, the middle of the back, and the outer side of the legs grizzled with greyish brown and black, each hair having a black ring and black tip. Sides of the body similarly grizzled, but mixed with numerous white hairs. Lower parts pure white, with the exception of the root of the tail; anal region and borders of the white abdomen brownish red. Coloration of tail as in the first specimen, but with the tip black. Specimen 1. Specimen 2. in. in. Distance from end of snout to root of tail 9\ 9 Length of tail 6| 7 Length of naked sole of hind foot 1-^ H Length of skull 2" 2. On a Collection from Borneo. Mr. H. Low has brought with him to England a second collection, from the same district in which the specimens described in a former paper (p. 424) were obtained. It contains two molar teeth of an adult Elephant undistinguishable from those of Elephas indicus. They had been evidently exposed for a long time to the deteriorating influences of the weather; and although Elephants are no longer found in the immediate vicinity of the west coast, Mr. Low has reliable information of their occurrence in the interior, and has no doubt of this animal being indigenous in Borneo, and not merely an importation. The following species prove to be undescribed:- LUTRA LOMI, sp. nov. Entirely chocolate-brown, nearly black along the middle line of the back. Lips and chin to the level of the ears white, cheeks and throat brown. The white of the upper lip extends upwards nearly to the nostril, and is sharply defined towards the brown part of the snout. Bristles arising from brown parts are black, those from white parts white. Ears conspicuous. in. Distance of nose from vent 23 Length of tail 11 Distinguished from Lutra simung by its much shorter tail. HYSTRIX CRASSISPINIS, sp. nov. (Plate LXX.) This species, which belongs to the same section as H. javanica and the allied species, is distinguished from all by the great size and length of the quills, all of which, moreover, are more or less distinctly grooved above, or at least provided with ridges. It is conspicuously smaller than H. javanica, but agrees with it in being covered everywhere with stiff spines, except on the foremost part of the head and abdomen. The largest quills are, in the middle, about twice as thick |
