280 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 



brown, with the hairs uniformly coloured ; tail ringed with 

 black. Length of head and body, about 15 inches; of tail, 

 12 inches. 

 Distribution. — Madagascar. 



XXII. THE BROWN-TAILED MUNGOOSES. GENUS 

 HEMIGALIDIA. 



Hemigalidia, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 188. 



Distinguished from the last by the presence of four pairs of 



pre-molars, and the larger size of the second upper molar (which 



is very small in Galidia), as well as by the uniformly coloured 



tail, the more pointed muzzle, and the less curved claws. 



I. THE UNIFORM MUNGOOSE. HEMIGALIDIA UNICOLOR. 



Galidia unicolor, Geoffroy, Comptes Rendus, vol. v. p. 581 



(1837). 



Galidia concolor, Geoffroy, Mag. Zool. 1839, p. 30; Gray, Cat. 



Carniv. Mamra. Brit. Mus. p. 56 (1869). 

 Hemigalidia concolor, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 18S2, p. 188. 



Characters. — Ears broad and short ; tail little more than half 

 the length of the head and body. General colour reddish- 

 brown, speckled with black. 



Distribution. — Madagascar. 



II. THE OLIVACEOUS MUNGOOSE. HEMIGALIDIA OLIVACEA. 



Galidia olivacea, Geoffroy, Mag. Zool. 1839, p. 36; Gray, Cat. 



Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 56 (1869). 

 Hemigalidia olivacea, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 188. 



Characters — General colour olive-brown, speckled with yel- 

 low. Hinder cheek-teeth relatively broader than in the last. 



Distribution. — Madagascar. 



XXIII. THE SMALL-TOOTHED MUNGOOSES. GENUS 



EUPLERES. 



Eupleres, Doyere, Ann. Sci. Nat. ser. 2, vol. iv. p. 280 (1855). 



This genus, which, as already mentioned, is generally re- 



