74 FELIDJ3. HERPESTES. 



The Brown Ichneumon. Herpestes fuscus. 

 *a. Skull. India. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



Dr. Smith's Ichneumon. Herpestes smithii. 



Cervical vertebra} 7 



Dorsal 13 



Lumbar 7 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 30 



*a. Ceylon (imperfect skeleton). From the Zoological Society's 



Collection. 

 b. Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The Cape Ichneumon. Herpestes paludosus. 



Cervical vertebrae 7 



Dorsal 14 



Lumbar 6 



Sacral 3 



Caudal 24 



a. Skull. Cape of Good Hope. 

 l>. Skeleton. 

 *c. Skull. 



d. Skull. Gambia. From the Zoological Society's Collection, as 



Herpestes urinatri.v, A. Smith. 



e. Skull. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The Short-tailed Ichneumon. Herpestes brachyurus. 



Gray, Voy. of the Samarang, no. 5. pi. 4. figs. 1-3, 1849 (skull). 

 Mangusta brachyura, Blainv., Ost. Atl. G. Viverra, pi. 6 (lower jaw). 



*«. Skull. Malacca. The specimen figured in the ' Voyage of the 



Samarang.' 

 /-, c. Skulls. From the Zoological Society's Collection. 



The Half-collared Ichneumon. Herpestes semitorquatus. 



Gray, Voy. of the Samarang, no. 5. pi. 3. figs. 1-3 (1849). 



*a. Skull. Borneo. The specimen figured in the ' Voyage of the 

 Sarnarang.' 



The Highland Nyula. Herpestes nepalensis. 



a. Skeleton (imperfect). Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 h. Skull (imperfect). Nepal. Presented by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 

 < . Skull. India. Presented by S. Sotheby, Esq. 

 </. Skull. India. Presented by T. Iugall, Esq. 



