170 HERPESTII)^. 



38 ; false grinders | . f ; flesh-tooth triangular, sides subequal ; tu- 

 bercular grinders ^ . ^. 



Cynictis, Offilby, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 48 ; Grai/, 1864, p. 571. 



1. Cynictis penicillata. B.M. 



The under-fur short, soft, and black. 



Mangusta penicillata, Cuvier, Bhj. Anim. (ed. 2) : Be Blainv. Osteogr. 



ViveiTa, t. 12 (teeth). 

 Ichneumia albescens, /. Geoff. Ma(/. Zool. 1839, t. 12 (not descrip.). 

 Mangusta Levaillantii, A. Smith, Zuol. Jouni. 

 C vnictis typicus, A. Smith, South Afr. Quart. Jouni. i. p. 53. 

 C}Tiictis Steedmanii, Oe/ilbij, P. Z.'S. 1833, p. 49; Trans. Zool. Soc. 



1835, i. p. 34, t. 3 (a skull). 

 Cynictis Levaillantii, Grai/, Cat. Mamtn. B. M. p. 53. 

 C3'nictis penicillata, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 572. 

 Meeskal, Barroio, Trav.\ Swains. Lard. Ency. p. 159. f. 71. 

 Mangusta (Cynictes) penicillata, De Blainv. Ost. t. 5. 



Vnr. redder. 

 Ichneumia ruber, Geoff. 

 Herpestes ruber, Licht. Mus. Berlin. 



Hah. South Africa (Steedman). 



The skull short and curved ; the forehead convex ; brain-cavity 

 rather swollen ; upper false grinders |, the first very small, the 

 third trigonal ; the flesh-tooth rather longer than broad ; the tuber- 

 cular grinders transverse, very short and broad, the last small. 



Skull broad, the width about two-thirds the entire length ; the 

 brain-case half the entire length ; orbit complete behind ; forehead 

 convex, especially between and in front of the eyes. The two front 

 upper false grinders compressed ; the third subtrigonal, with a small 

 central internal lobe ; the flesh-tooth longer than broad on the front 

 margin ; the false grinder transverse, short, and very broad, subtri- 

 gonal, widest on the outer edge, the hinder much smaller. 



The skull of a younger animal very similar, but larger, and the 

 forehead not so convex and swollen before and between the eyes. 



Ichneumon rubra (Geoft'. I. c. p. 139), " Very splendid ferruginous 

 red, especially the head," is said to be Cynictis Steedmanii, Licht. 



2. Cynictis Ogilbii. B.M. 



Yellow, black- and white-pencilled ; beneath whitish ; chin, throat, 

 and tip of tail white ; ears reddish brown. 



CjTiictis Ogilbii, A. Smith, S. Afr. Quart. Journ. i. p. 53 ; Illust. Z. 

 'S. Africa, Ilamm. t. 16, c? ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 572. 



Hab. South Africa : barren plains, north part of Graaf Reynet 

 district and Bushman Flat (passes a great part of its time under- 

 ground {A. Smith). 



Skull very like that of C. peniciUata (803 c) ; but the forehead 

 not so convex, and the skull, though longer, is rather narrower at 

 the zygomatic arch ; the brain-cavity of the two of the same width ; 



