2. HERPESTES. 151 



supra et infra ad apicem nigrum usque castanca, rhinario et plantis 

 (Icuudatis iiigris. 

 " Long, tota 24"." 



Herpestesjodoprymnus, ^e2</7^m, Nov. Acta Leap. xxix. p. 23; Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 553. 



" Hab. Eastern Abyssinia." 



14. Herpestes Lefebvrii. 



Herpestes Lefebvrii, DeaMiirs et Prwost; HeiujUn, Nov. Act. Lecqy. 

 xxix. p. 23 ; Lvfi'bvre, J'oi/. Mamm. t. 1 (not described ) ; Gi-ay, 

 P. Z. *'. 18(i4, p." 5.53. 



Hab. North-oast Africa (Heiiglln). 

 tt Asiatic. 



15. Herpestes griseus. B.M. 



Palo grey, largely white-ringed; head and legs darker; hairs harsh, 

 elongate, with a very broad white subterminal ring ; feet blackish ; 

 tail bushy ; cheeks and throat more or less reddish. 



Herpestes gi-iseus, Dcsm. 3Iamm. p. 212 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 553. 

 Ichneumon griseus, Geoff. JEyypt. li. p. 157. 

 Mangusta giisea, Fischer, Si/n. Maiiun. p. 164. 

 Herpestes pallidus, ScJiinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 373. 

 Viverra grisea, Tlainb. Mem. Acad. Petersb. iii. p. 306. 



Hub. India: Bengal (Oldham); Travancore {P.Poole); " Sn- 

 m.a.tra,''' [Raffles, Waterh. Cat.) ; I)ukh.im. (Sy Ices) ; No^al (Hodgson). 



Var. Paler, with a reddish tinge, and the pale rings rather nar- 

 rower. 



Hab. India (Hardivick). 



Skull and teeth normal ; orbit complete ; nose short, thick ; false 

 grinders 3 . 3, first conical, roundish, third triangular. Flesh-tooth 

 rather longer than broad in front. Tubercular transverse ; the first 

 with the outer side sloping ; the hinder small, oblong, short. Lower 

 jaw shching in front. Skull — length 2J inches ; ^vidth of brain- 

 case 2^ inches, at zygomatic arch l^Aj- inch. 



16. Herpestis persicus. B.M. 



Pale ashy, very closely and abundantly black- and white-punctu- 

 lated ; hair short and soft, with black ends and a broad white band 

 near the tip ; the chin and underside unifonn ashy ; tail conical, 

 tapering, coloured like the back ; feet like the back, but with shorter 

 hair. 



Herpestes persicus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1 864, p. 554. 



Hab. Persia : Rhugistan and Mohammerah, date-groves (Kennet, 

 Loftus, 1853). 



Skull (adult) rather elongate ; nose short, forehead very broad, 

 convex ; the orbits complete ; lower jaw moderately strong, chin 

 shelving. Teeth 40, normal ; the third false grinder subtriangidar, 



