160 HERPESTIB^. 



I or I", front small, hinder rather compressed, with a small internal 

 and a small hinder acute tubercle ; flesh-tooth much longer than 

 broad — inner tubercles small, on front edge ; tubercular grinders 

 transverse, the first trigonal, the outer edge broader, the inner nar- 

 row, acute ; the second very smaU, nearly like the first in form. 

 Skull 21 inches wide at the broadest part ; brain-case 1 inch. 



8. Calogale ornata. 



Herpestes ornatus, Peters, Monatsh. Akad. Berlin, 1852, p. 81 ; J2ee.se 



n. Mossamb. Sdugeth. 1. p. 117, t. 26, 1852. 

 Calogale ornata. Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 562. 

 Hab. Eastern Africa: Tete, lat. 17° (Smith). 

 The figure is very like C. mutgigella ; but the grizzling of the 

 back seems to form more irregularly waved cross streaks ; perhaps 

 this is only the attempt of the artist to represent the grizzling. The 

 figure of the skull also resembles that of the former species. 



Temminck regards this as a variety of C. mutgigella (Esq. Zool. 

 p. 116). 



9. Calogale punctulata. B.M. 

 Eeddish grey, minutely black- and grey-punctured ; face redder ; 



under-fur black ; long haii's brown, upper half whitish, with a broad 

 black subapical band and a bay tip ; tail-end black ; front claws 

 rather slender, acute ; inner toes very short, claws short. 



Herpestes pimctulatus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 11. 



Herpestes badius, var. 2, Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 105. 



Calogale pimctulata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 562. 



Hah. South-east Africa : Port Natal (TFiTZrams). 

 Like C. mutgigella, but redder ; face red-bay. 



10. Calogale melanura. B.M. 



Reddish brown, minutely punctulate ; hair short ; tail-end black ; 

 front claws acute, short. 



Cynictis melanura, Martin, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 56 ; Fraser, Zool. Ty- 



pica, t. 

 Herpestes melanura. Gray, P. Z. S. 1838, p. 5. 

 Herpestes badius, var. 3, Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 107. 

 Calogale melanura, Graij, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 562. 



Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone {Cajpt.P.L. Strachan) ; Damara 

 Land (Alexander). 



Var. ? Rather paler (not in good state). B.M. 



Herpestes ochromeles, Pucheran (fide Verreaux). 

 Hab. "■ Central Africa " ( Verreaux). 



Skull elongate, very much contracted in front over the orbit : the 

 flesh-tooth trigonal, longer than broad ; hinder tubercular very mi- 

 nute, transverse. 



11. Calogale badia. B.M. 



Bright bay, nearly uniform ; end of tail black. 



