152 HERPESTID^. 



with small, central, prominent lobe ; the flesh-tooth elongate, sub- 

 trigonal, the outer side considerably longer than the front one, the 

 inner tubercle small, on the front edge ; the front tubercular trian- 

 gular, transverse, with a very sloping outer edge. Length of skull 

 2" 6'", of nose 7|"' ; width of under palate behind 9|"', of brain-case 

 10'", of zygomatic arch 1" 3'". 



Somewhat like Calogale nyula, but much paler and more uniform 

 in dotting ; the head shorter and broader, and the taU conical, 

 tapering, thicker at the base. 



17. Herpestes fuscus. B.M. 



Black-brown, white-dotted ; hair very long and harsh; ends black, 

 with a narrow pale band very near the tip ; throat and belly reddish 

 brown ; taU bushy, like the back. 



Herpestes fuscus, Waterhouse, P. Z. S. 1838, p. 55 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1864, p. 554. 



Hah. India (Waterhouse) ; Madras (Jerdon, 1846). 



Mr. Waterhouse's type is iu the B. M. : length of body and head 

 10 inches, tail 17 inches. The one from Madras is smaller. 



The skull is intermediate in form between that of H. ichneumon and 

 that of Athylax paludosus ; the brain-case is nearly of the same ex- 

 ternal form as the latter, but not quite so ventricose ; the orbit is small 

 and rather incomplete behind ; the zygomatic arch is rather convex, 

 but, as in H. ichneumon, the convexity is more on the hinder end, 

 while it is regularly bowed out in A. paludosus. The teeth of the 

 upper jaw are very like those of If. ichneumon ; but the outer edge 

 of the front tubercular is not so oblique, and the hinder tubercular 

 is even smaller ; they are very much slenderer and less bulky than 

 the teeth of ^. paludosus. Lower jaw very shelving in front ; lower 

 edge arched, narrow behind ; false grinders 4.4; tubercular oblong, 

 elongate, rather small, crown four-lobed, one lobe at each end and 

 two in the middle portion. 



The length of the skuU 3^ inches ; the width of the brain-case 

 1^ inch, of the zygomatic arch IJ-i inch. 



18. Herpestes javanicus. B.M. 



Dark black-brown, very minutely punctured with yellow ; head 

 redder ; tail conical ; claws short, conical. 



Herpestes javanicus, Desm. Mamm. p. 212; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, 



p. 554. 

 Mangusta javanica, Horsf. Zool. Java, t. 

 Mustela galera, Desm. (fide icon. ined.). 

 Viverra mangusta, Temtn. 

 Ichneumon javanicus, Geoff. M^m. Egypt, ii. p. 157. 



Hah. Java and Sumatra (Horsfield, Miiller) ; Penang and Malay 

 peninsula (Cantor). 



Young. — Pale bay ; some of the hair of the tail with long grey tips. 

 Hah. Sumatra (Raffies). 



