50 VIVERRIDJE. 



The length of the rings varies in different specimens, depending on 

 the length of the hairs of the tail. In some, two or more of the rings 

 are more or less confluent, especially on the upper part and near the 

 end of the tail. 



I cannot find any difference between the specimens from Europe, 

 Algiers, Tangier, and Mount Carmel. The distinctness and dark- 

 ness of the streak upon the forehead differ in specimens from the 

 same localities. 



2. Genetta felina. (Feline Genet.) B.M. 



Blackish grey, black-spotted ; vertebral line black ; tail elongate, 

 white-and-black ringed, rings of nearly equal length ; tip whitish ; 

 the outer side of the fore and hind legs black ; feet blackish. 



Genetta felina, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. ii. (1832) p. 63 ; 1864, p. 516. 

 Viverra felina, Thunh. Sv. AJcad. xxxii. p. 166, t. 7. 

 Genetta vulgaris?, A. Sim'th, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. p. 45. 



Hah. South Africa: Cape of Good Hope {Verreaux) (the Musk- 

 cat of the colonists) ; Latakoo, common {A. Smith). 



The chief difference between this and G. vulgaris is that the legs 

 and feet are blacker, the head is darker, with a more distinct black 

 streak up the forehead between the eyes. 



Genetta ruhiginosa, Pucheran (Eev. et Mag. de Zool. vii. 1855, 

 p. 154. " Griseo-albescens, fulvo lavata, maculis dorsalibus fere toto 

 rubiginosis ; cauda ad basim quatuor annulis rubiginosis, quatuor 

 deinde nigris prsedita. 



" Hah. Cape of Good Hope " — J. Verreaux), is probably the same. 



3. Genetta senegalensis. (Senegal Genet.) B.M. 



Pale yellowish grey, brown-spotted ; vertebral line black, sub- 

 cristate behind ; tail elongate, slender, yellow and black-ringed, the 

 pale rings the longest ; tip of tail pale ; the hinder part of the hind 

 legs blackish or dark brown. 



Genetta senegalensis, Gray, P. Z. S. ii. (18.32) p. 63 ; 1864, p. 516. 

 Viverra senegalensis, Fischer, Syn. p. 170 (from F. Cuv.). 

 Genette de Senegal, F. Cuv. Mamm. Liih. t. 



PGenetta Aubryana, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. vii. (1855) "p. 154. 

 Fossane, Brown, Illust, t. 43. 



Hah. West Africa: Senegal {Verreaux); ? Gaboon {Auhry le 

 Comte); Sennaar (5r<7. iliits. 46, 6, 15, 43). East Africa: Abyssinia 

 (5. M. 44, 5, 17, 27) ; Dongola {B. M. 46, 9, 2, 27). North Africa 

 {B.M. 43,12, 28,2). 



Skull tapering in front ; nose compressed. Orbit very large, very 

 incomplete behind ; the zygomatic arch confluent with the lower 

 edge of the orbit, moderate. False grinders ^ •^; upper rather far 

 apart, front small, second compressed, with a smaU lobe on each 

 end ; third compressed, with a small lobe on the middle of the inner 

 side and one at the hinder end. The flesh-tooth triangular, miich 

 longer than the breadth at the front edge, with a moderate-sized 



