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or very narrow, white rings ; lips and throat and underpart of the 

 body uniform duller brown, not giizzled ; cars brown ; the nape 

 with longer hairs, forming broad short crests. 



Ileriiestes rutihis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 136. 

 Calogalo rutila, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. 



Ilab. Cambogia (Mouhot, one specimen). 



4. Calogale microcephala. 



Head very small ; teeth very small ; ears close, short; nose very 

 short and narrow. Fur finely dotted all over, deep brown and dull 

 yellow, of the underpart dirty white ; the under-fur ashy at the 

 base, with a very broad yellow band ; the hairs silky, blackish 

 brown, with small ochraceous rings ; the hairs of the tail with 

 broader rings, those of the tip similar. Length of head and body 

 10 inches, of tail 9| inches. 



Hei-pestes microcephalus, Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 113. L .^r\sX^oSiiL'\.^/:^^^ 



Calogale microcephala, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. . 



Hah. ? {Mus. Leydeii, procured at Havre). ^ 



** Tail-end bright hay, very slender. 



5. Calogale sanguinea. 



Head ashy, black-dotted ; body isabcUa-red ; hair with tip and 

 rings browTi ; throat, chest, and belly white ; feet pale ; tail Isabella 

 and black, varied, tip bright red-brown. Length of head and body 

 1 1 1 inches, of tail 12i inches. 



Plerpestcs sanguineus, Piipp. Fauna Abyss, p. 27, t. 8 & 10 (skull). 

 Calogale sauguiuea, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



6. Calogale Grantii B.M. 



Palo yeUow-brown, nearly uniform, very slightly grizzled, with 

 white tips to the hairs ; end of tail hetj. U ,■ > ■ - 



Herpestes badius, Sdater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 100. 

 Calogale Grantii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. 



Hab. East Africa : Mgunda Mkali (Capt. Spehe). 



*** Tail-end black, very slender. 



7. Calogale mutgigella, E.M. 



Dark olive-brown, very minutely punctulated; tail-end black. 

 Length of body and head ISg inches, of tail 11|^ inches. 



Heiiiostcs mutgigella, Jiiipp. Fauna Abyss, t. 0. f. 1. 

 Calogale mutgigella, Gray, P. Z. S. 1804, p. 561. 



Hal). .Vbyssinia. 



SkuU rather elongate, narrow, like that of C. nyula ; nose flat ; 

 forehead and crown in one line ; brain-case ovate, flat-topped, con- 

 tracted in the front over the orbits ; orbit incomplete ; false grinders 



