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stripes in N. gerrardi. The absence of stripes is not always complete even in the full- 

 grown animal. On the skin from Mombo the mesial neck-stripe is quite conspicuous 

 and the lateral ones may be traced. In the two other skins too, there is a faint indi- 

 cation of a mesial stripe. If thus the characteristic derived from the skin in this respect 

 not always may be quite sharp there are others derived from the skull which are quite 

 satisfactory for the distinction of the two species. The constriction of the skull behind 

 the postorbital processes in the eastern species, is especially striking as may be seen 

 from the following measurements. In a skull of Nandinia binotata from the Gold Coast 

 with a basicranial length of 87 mm, the least width of the skull behind the postorbital 

 processes is 15,5 mm, while in two skulls from Kibonoto with a basicranial length of resp. 

 99 mm and (?) 88 mm the same measurement is resp. 13,5 and 12 mm. 



Mnngos cafer GMBLIN. 



Herpestes caffer GMELIN, MATSCHIE Saugethiere Ost-Afrikas p. 78. 



KiUituindjaro: 1 specimen from Kibonoto 3 /? 1905 - - 2 specimens from the culti- 

 vated zone at Kibonoto 24 . s 1905. 



None of these specimens is fullgrown. The last molar is not yet fully developed. 

 The greatest length of two skulls is 83 mm. and their greatest breadth 41 mm. The 

 underfur is greyish brown in one, in the other a little more inclining to rufous. 



Mangos sanguinens ifoeae WROUGHTON. 



Mungos sanguincus ibece WROUGHTON Annals & Magazine Nat. Hist. Ser. 7, Vol. 

 XX p. 118. 



Kilimandjaro: 1 specimen from Kibonoto B /? 1905 - - 1 specimen shot when run- 

 ning over a path in the farm at Kibonoto u /o 1905 1 specimen from Kibonoto, May 1906. 



The member of the ^Herpestes gracilis- group which inhabits Kilimandjaro agrees 

 most closely with WROUGHTON' s description under the above quoted name, and the 

 measurements of skin and skull are practically identical, except that the zygomatie 

 breadth is, by the author quoted, said to be 35 mm., while in the only skull from Kili- 

 mandjaro available to me the same measurement is only 30 mm. This difference is 

 rather large but it cannot be ascertained whether it is constant or not. 



Mungos galera rohusta (GRAY). 



Herpestes galera (ERXL. ) var. robusta. TRUE Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. Vol. 15. 1892 

 p. 452. 



Kilimandjaro: Kibonoto, 1 </ specimen 9 /8 1905 - - 1 specimen 22 /s 1905 - - 1 spe- 

 cimen 27 /8 1905. 



The first mentioned of these specimens is the darkest with very fine and shiny fur 

 of a blackish brown colouration. The others are less dark which is due to the rings of 

 the hairs being broader and more rufous. The old male has a skull of the same size as 

 that recorded by TRUE (1. c. ). 



