5. OALEEELLA. 161 



Young ? pale browii, with an obscure waved appearance from the 

 broad bands on the hairs. 



Hei-pestes badius, A. Smith, Illmt. Zool. S. A. Mamm. t. 4, $ . 

 Ichneumon rathimuchi, A. Smith, Ajip. Report, 1836, p. 42. 

 Herpestes Cawii, A. Sinith. 

 Calogale badia, Gray, P. Z. S. 18(34, p. 563. 



JIab. South Africa, on plains away from the sea ; ? Guinea (called 

 " Koukeboe ") (Temm.), perhaps a variety or species. 



Skull rather elongate, compressed ; brain-case elongate, contracted 

 in front ; orbit complete in the adult, incomplete in the young. The 

 false grinders 3.3; the first very small; second compressed, conical; 

 third subcompressed, placed obliquely, with a very minute, scarcely 

 appreciable internal lobe and no hinder one. Flesh-tooth trigonal, 

 considerably longer than broad ; the internal lobe small, on the 

 front edge. The first tubercular grinder transverse, outer edge 

 oblique, inner (narrower) rounded ; the second very minute, linear, 

 with two tubercles. 



M. Temminck thinks that Herpestes punctatus and Cynictis me- 

 lanura are varieties of this species (Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 100). 



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12. Calogale venatica. B.M. ) 



Dark bay, white-grizzled, the long hairs white-tipped ; tail-end 

 black. 



Herpestes badius, var., Gray, P. Z. S. 1849, p. 11 ; Peters, Reise n. 



Mossamb. Sdiigeth. p. 119. 

 Calogale venatica. Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 563. 



Hab. East Africa. 



13. Calogale gracilis. B.M. 



Bro\\ni or blackish brown, scarcely grizzled ; fur on sides of the 

 neck shorter and very minutely grizzled ; end of tail blacker. 



Herpestes gracilis, PiippeU, Fauna Abyss, t. 8. f. 1, t. 10. 

 lehneumia gracilis, /. Geoff". Mag. Zool. 1839, p. 17. 

 Iclmeumia nigricaudatus, /. Geoff. MS., I. c. p. 18. 

 Calogale gracilis. Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 563. 



Hab. Abyssinia (Bicppell). 



1 4. Calogale ? thysanura. 



Minor, pilis fusco et pallide lutco annulatis ; pcdibus fuscis ; cauda 

 longa, penicillo magno aterrimo terminata. 



Length of head and body 12 inches, of tail 13 inches. 



Herpestes thysanunis, Wagner, Miinchen. gelehrt. Anz. ix. p. 449. 

 Calogale ? thysanura, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 564. 



Hab. India : Cashmere. 



5. GALERELLA. 

 Body slender. Legs short. Tail elongate, slender, tapering, 

 covered with shortish hairs. Toes 5 . 4. Claws short, compressed. 



