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internal lobe rather behind the front inner angle. The tubercular 

 grinders trigonal, with a sloping outer edge ; the front twice as wide 

 as long on Die outer edge ; the hinder small. The lower jaw slender, 

 erect, with a shelving chin or short symphysis and a curved lower 

 edge without any tubercles under the end of the tooth-line ; the 

 tubercular grinder roundish, with two large anterior lateral and a 

 similar-sized posterior central lobe. Length of skull 3^ inches ; 

 width of braincase 1 jL, at zygomata If. 



** Tail siibci/liiidn'cal, with shortish fur ; end black, rrith imperfect rings ; 

 tij) black ; base with alternate, nearly equal black and ichite rings. 



4. Genetta tigrina. (Tigrinc Genet.) B.M. 

 Gi'ey-brown, with black spots, the larger more or less brown in 



the centre ; the hind feet darker ; the tail elongate, cylindrical, black, 

 with rather bi-oad white rings, but narrower than the black ones ; 

 tip of tail black. 



Genetta tigi-ina, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. 31. p. 49 ; P. Z. S. 18(>4, p517. 



Viverra tigrina, Schreb. Sliugetk. t. 115. 



Genetta vulgaris, Rilppell. 



Genetta amer, Itiipjiell. 



Genetta abyssinica, liiippell, Fauna Abyss, t. 11. 



Viverra abyssinica, Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. p. 71. 



Viven-a genetta, Peters, 3fossamb. 3Iamm. p. 113. 



Hab. South Africa : Cape of Good Hope (the Musk-cat of the co- 

 lonists) ; Natal and East Africa ( Verremuv) ; Mozanibi(]ue {Peters, 

 Kiric) ; Abj'ssinia (lUippdl). 



*** Tail subcylindrical, loith shortish fur, black ; middle part icith some 

 imperfect rings be)ieat.h, tJie base with a few narrow white rings. 



5. Grenetta pardina. (The Eerbe.) B.M. 



Fur reddish grey-brown, with black spots more or less brown in 

 the centre ; the feet and hinder part of hind legs brown ; tail elon- 

 gate, covered with shortish hairs, with narrow pale or reddish rings 

 on the basal half, black at the end, with very indistinct narrow 

 pale rings. 



Genetta pardina, /. Geaf. 3Iag. Zool. 1832, t. 8 ; Gratj, P. Z. S. 18G4, 



p. 518. 

 Genotte pantharine, F. Curier, Mamm. Lithogr. t. 

 Genetta poensis, Watcrhousc, Proc. Zoul. Soc. 1838, p. 59 (from aflat 



skin). 

 Viverra gonettoides. Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 89, 1853 ? 

 Genetta Fiekliana, Du Chaillu, Proc. Boston X. H. Sue. vii. (1800) 



p. 302 (from (he Gaboon). 

 Genetta servalina, Pucheran, Jicv. et 3Iag. de Zool. \-ii. (1855) p. 154. 

 Rerbe, Bosmann, Voy. Guinea, p. 31. f. 5; Buffon, H. N. xiii. 



Ilah. Fernando Po (IFrt^f/'/joitse); Guinea (Teix/H.) ; Gaboon (/)« 

 ChaiUn); "West Afrien (B.M.): interior of Senegal (/. Geoffro;/). 

 The specimens varv considerablv in the size of the spots ; in some 



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