JO. UKVA. 165 



In the figure the brain-cavity is half the length of the skull, and 

 the skull is as wide at the widest part of the zygomatic arch as the 

 length of the brain-cavity. 



4. Idmeumia nigricauda. 



Ichneumia nigricauda, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool, vii. p. 39 ; &ray, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 567. 



Hab. Senegal. 



9. BDEOGALE. 



Toes 4 . 4, short. Heel haiiy to the soles. Claws compressed. 

 Tail bushy. Skull, orbits incomplete behind (Peters, t. 27 & 28). 

 False grinders 3.3; hinder broad, triangular. Flesh-tooth triangu- 

 lar, broad; sides nearly equal; angles rounded (t. 27. f. 4). Mab. 

 Africa. 



Bdeogale, W. Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. Mamm. p. 119 (1850)j Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 567. 



The teeth are like those of Rhmogale, and the nose is rather pro- 

 duced and rounded below in the figure ; so that perhaps this genus 

 ought to be arranged near to it ; but it differs from it in having four 

 toes on each foot. 



1. Sdeogale crassicauda. 



Blackish-ashy hair, black- and white-ringed; limbs and tail black. 



Bdeogale crassicauda, W. Peters, Monatsb. K. Akacl. Berl. 1852, 

 p. 81; Reise n. Mossamb. Mamm. p. 120, t. 27; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1864, p. 567. 



Hab. East Africa : Tete, Boror (Peters, Mus. Berlin). 



2. Bdeogale puisa. 



Brown hairs, black- and yeUow-ringed ; limbs and tail blackish 

 bro'WTi. 



Bdeogale puisa, W. Peters, Monatsb. K. Akad. Berl. 1852, p. 82 ; Reise 

 n. Mossamb. Mamm. p. 124, t. 28; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 567. 



Hab. East Africa : Mossimboa (Peters, Mus. Berlin). 



3. Bdeogale nigripes. 



" Body whitish ; tail snow-white ; feet black." 



Bdeogale nigripes, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. vii. p. Ill ; Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 567. " 

 Hab. Gaboon (Aubry Lecomte, Mus. Paris). 

 " Larger than the other species." 



10. UKVA. 



Head broad. Ears rounded. Nose rather produced, with a lon- 

 gitudinal groove beneath. Pupil linear, erect ? round ? — Hodyson. 

 Body elongate. Legs short. Tail conical, attenuated, covered with 



