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on the posterior part of the back and commencement of 

 the tail not longer than those of the rest of the body. 



H. auropunctata, p. 251. 



b^. Large (skull over 3 inches long), fur not adpressed ; hairs 

 on the posterior part of the back considerably elongated. 



c. Tail black tipped. H. smithi, p. 254. 



c^. Tail without black tip. 



e. Hair with 3 very narrow light bands, about \ the length 

 of the dark bands. 



/. Very dark, under-fur dark-brown. 



H. fuscus, p. 255. 



/2. Light yellowish ; tail-tip pure yellow. 



H. fulvescens, p. 255. 

 e^. Hair with light and dark bands of equal length. 



H. mungo, p. 253. 



a^. With streaks behind the ears. 



h. Black streak behind the ear ; limbs dark ; tip of tail black ; 

 red on hind-quarters. . . H. vitticollis, p. 256. 



h^. White streak behind the ear ; tail not black tipped ; back 

 with white tips to the fur ; below chest and limbs reddish 

 brown. H. urva, p. 256, 



Herpestes auropunctatus. 



Var. A. — typicus. 



Viverra auropunctata, Hodgson J. A. S.B., v, p. 235 (1836). 



Herpestes nipalensis, Gray Charlesw. Mag, N. H., i., p. 578 (1837) ! Gray 



Cat. Hodgs. Coll., 1st ed., p. 9; Horsfield Cat. E, I. Mus., p. 91 ; Blyth Cat. 



no. 165, p- 51; Jerdon Mamm. p. 136. 

 Herpestes auropunctatus, Wagner Schrebr. Sdugeth. Suppl., ii, p. 310 (1841) ; 



Cantor J. A. S B., xv, p. 242 ; Alston P. Z. S., 1879, p. 665 ; Anderson 



Anat.Zool. Res., p. 173, pi. xi, figs. 11 and 12 ; Atkinson N.-W. P. Gazett., 



xi, p. 20 ; Blanford Mammals, p. 121. 

 Herpestes pallipes, Blyth J. A. S. B., xiv, p. 346 (1845). 

 Herpestes griseus, apud Hutton J. A. S. B., xiv, p. 346 (1845). 

 Herpestes javanicus, Blyth J. A S. B., xxi, p. 349 (1852). 

 Herpestes persicus, Gra;i' P. Z. S., p. 554 (1864); id. Cat. C at n, Mamm., 



p. 151 ; Blanford Persia., p. 42 ; id. P. Z. S., 1874, p. 663 ; Murray Zool. 



Sind, p. 33 ; Anderson Anat. Zool. Pes., p. 174, pi. ix, figs. 9 and 10. 

 Calogale nepalensis, Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 158 (1869). 



