14. CYNICTIS. 169 



Skull short, broad. Face short. Teeth 36 (see P. Z. S. 1861, p. 308, 

 tig.); false grinders |-.f ; the flesh-tooth triangular; tubercular 

 grinders f . j-. 



Helogale, Grat/, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 308 ; 1864, p. 570. 



Herpestes tcenionotus, A. Smith, "which I referred to this genus, is 

 distinct. 



1. Helogale parvula. B.M. 



Fur uniform blackish brown, very minutely pale-punctulated. 

 Length of body and head 7 inches, of tail 7 inches. 



Helogale parvula, Grai/, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 308 (fig. skull) ; 1864, 



p. 571. 

 Herpestes parvidus, Siindevall; Temni. Esq. Zool. p. 110. 



Hah. South Africa : Port Natal (Simdeval). 



The skull moderate, swoUeu ; brain-cavity ovate, conti'acted over 

 the back of the orbit ; nose arched ; orbit incomplete behind ; false 

 grinders %, front compressed, moderate, second trigonal ; flesh-tooth 

 smaU, broader than long, with the inner tubercle on the front edge ; 

 tubercidar grinders transverse, much broader than long, the hinder 

 about half the size of the other. 



2. Helogale imdulata. 



" H. nigro et rufo-flavido nndulatus, subtus undique rufus ; cauda 

 corjiore breviore, sine penicillo." 



Herpestes undulatus, Peters, Reise nach Mossamb. Siiugeth. p. 114, 



t. 25, 1852. 

 Helogale undidata, Graij, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 571. 



Hah. Eastern Africa : Mossambique ; Quitangonka ; from lat. 10° 

 to 15° S. 



The grinders |- ; the front claw much longer than the hinder ; 

 the skull ventricose, with a short noso. AUied to Herpestes micro- 

 cephahis, according to Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 118. 



Tribe II. CYNICTIDINA. 



Head short, ventricose ; tail bushy, expanded laterally ; claws 

 elongate ; orbit of the skull complete behind. — Grmj, P. Z. 8. 1864, 

 p. 571. 



14. CYNICTIS. 



Body slender. Ears short, rounded. Nose truncate, with a di- 

 stinct central longitudinal groove. Tail with long hairs, flattened 

 horizontally. Legs short. Toes 5.4; front claws elongate, com- 

 pressed, arched. Soles of feet partly covered with hair. Skull short 

 and broad, ventricose. Face moderate ; forehead swollen. Teeth 



