56 VIVERRID^. 



third compressed ; the flesh-tooth trigonal, considerably longer than 

 broad at the front edge — the internal tubercle large, and a little 

 behind the front margin. Tuberciilar grinders — the first subtruncate, 

 oblong, rather wider than long, contracted on the inner side ; the 

 second very small, transverse, oblong (see I. Geoff. 7. c. t. 17). 



In the figure cited the brain-cavity is nearly three-fifths the entire 

 length of the skull (that is, measured to the back of the orbits) ; and 

 the zygomatic arch is rather wider than half the length of the skull. 



** Tail one colour ; " soles of hind feet moi-e bald." Salanoia. 



2. Galidia concolor. 



E,ed-brown, black-dotted ; tail like back, much shorter than the 

 body ; ears broad and short. Length 13 inches, taU 7 inches. 



Galidia concolor, /. Geoff. Mag. Zool. 1839, p. 30, 1. 15 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 523. 

 Galidia unicolor, I. Geoff. Compt. Rend. Acad. Sci. 1837, v. p. 581. 



Hah. Madagascar. 



3. Galidia oUvacea. ^^ 



Olive-brown, yellow-dotted ; tail same colour as the body ; false 

 grinders f ; tubercular grinders broader than in G. eler/ans, especiallj' 

 the hinder ones. 



Galidia olivacea, I. Geoff. Maq. de Zool. 1839, t. 16; Gray, P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 523. 

 ? La petite fouiue de Madagascar, Sganzin in Rev. ct Muq. de Zool. 

 1855, p. 41. 

 Hab. Madagascar (Bei-nier) (called " Salano"). 



Tribe V. HEMIGALINA. 



The toes and the middle of the lower part of the tarsus bald ; the 

 upper part and sides of lower part hairy. Tail ringed. Fur soft. 

 Frenum hairy. Orbit imperfect. 



8. HEMIGALEA. 



Head conical. Nose bald, flat, and with a distinct central groove 

 below ; nostrils lateral. Ears moderate, ovate, covered with hair 

 externally. Whiskers numerous, very long, rather rigid, with tufts 

 of slender bristles on the throat, cheeks, and eyebrows. Toes 5/5. 

 Claws acute, semiretractile. Hind feet semiplantigrade ; the upper 

 part of the sole hairy, -with a narrow bald sole in front below. 

 Frenum covered with hair. Teeth 40 ; false grinders ^ .^i tuber- 

 cular grinders f . f. 



Hemigalea (Hemigaliis), JoMz-f/r/M, Compt. Rend. 1837; Ann. Sci. Kat. 

 viii. p. 276, 1837 (not characterized) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 624. 



The genus is only very indistinctly characterized by M. Jourdan 

 in the papers referred to. 



