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Show 800 MR. W. T. BLANFORD ON THE [NOV. 3, Probably the animal had just shed its winter coat, and the hair have been worn. There is only a fragment of the skull left. P. quadriscriptus of Hodgson is a well-striped form with long hair, having doubtless been killed in the cold season. There is no skull at all in this case. Both may be safely referred to P. hermaphroditus. P. crassiceps of Pucheran is said to have been remarkable for the size of its head (no dimensions, however, are given) and the great development of the silvery-white mark on the forehead. The description is not sufficient for satisfactory determination. P. fasciatus has been already disposed of. 3. PARADOXURUS PHILIPPINENSIS. ? Martis species, Camelli, Phil. Trans, xxiv. p. 2204 (1706). Paradoxurus philippinensis, Jourdan, Comptes Rendus, v. p. 523 (1837). P. zeylanicus, Gray, List Sp. M a m . B. M . 1843, p. 55. P. philippensis, F. Cuv. An. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, viii. p. 372 (1837); Temm. Mon. Mam. ii. p. 339 ; Wagner, Schreb. Saugeth. Supp. ii. p. 355 ; Schinz, Syn. Mam. i. p. 387 ; Giebel, Saugeth. p. 799 ; Gray, P.Z.S. 1864, p. 537; Cat. Cam. &c. M a m . B. M . Ib69, p. 70. Structure very similar to that of P. niger and P. hermaphroditus, but size rather smaller. Fur closer and softer, less ragged and more even in length, and the hairs having a peculiar gloss. Underfur thicker and more woolly. The upper sectorial has a very large inner lobe nearly in the middle of the tooth, the length of the outer margin being very little more than the breadth of the tooth at right angles to that margin. Colour dusky brown above, brownish grey below, either no markings on the back or indistinct rows of spots. The underfur is dark grey or blackish ; the longer hairs are light brown with black tips. Head mostly black or blackish brown, feet and tail the same. The pale band across the forehead and spots under the eye occur as in P. hermaphroditus, but less distinct. Dimensions. N o trustworthy measurements are available; the head and body appear to be about 18 inches long. Skull about 4*1. Distribution. The Philippine Islands. There are in the British- Museum collection two skins from Borneo, apparently belonging to this form, and, as already remarked, all Bornean specimens look somewhat intermediate between P. hermaphroditus and P. philippinensis. If P. niger and P. hermaphroditus are classed as races of one species, P. philippinensis must, I think, be added as a third race ; the differences are about the same in each case. Synonymy. Martes philippensis, Camelli, is quoted by Schreber as a possible synonym of Pallas's Viverra zeylonensis, and the same reference has been quoted by Gmelin, Gray, and others. Camelli, who was probably a missionary, gave a Latin list, which was printed in the ' Philosophical Transactions,' of the quadrupeds inhabiting |