228 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Distribution.— Malay Pen#€ula, Sumatra, and Borneo. 
Although nothing definite has been recorded, it is probable 
that the habits of this animal are generally similar to those of 
the Palm-Civets. 
II. HOSE’S HEMIGALE. HEMIGALE HOSII. 
Hemigale hoset, Thomas, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 6, vol. ix. 
p: 6 (1892); id., Proc. Zool: Soc. 1802, ps 222; 
Characters.—Size and proportions very similar to those of 
the last, but the skull more lightly made, and the teeth more 
delicate. General colour of upper-parts dark smoky-brown 
or black, with the bases of the body-hairs whitish. Sides of 
muzzle at the roots of the whiskers white (the corresponding 
place in HZ. hardwickei being black); cheek below the eye, as 
well as a patch above and behind the latter, grizzled brownish- 
white. Ears thinly haired, pure white internally, their edges 
forming a marked contrast to the black of the crown of the 
head. Chin, white; chest, under-parts, and upper portion of 
inner surfaces of limbs smoky yellowish-grey ; remainder of 
limbs and whole of tail black. 
Its describer remarks ‘‘ that this species is not a black form 
of the preceding, is proved by the white patches on the muzzle, 
the white ears, whitish under side, and also by the differences 
in the size of the teeth.” 
Distribution Mount Dulit, and not improbably Mount Kina 
Balu, North Borneo, at an altitude of between 2,000 and 5,000 
feet above sea-level. ‘The one known example was discovered 
by Mr. Charles Hose, after whom the species has received its 
name. 
VIII. THE AFRICAN PALM-CIVETS. GENUS NANDINIA. 
Nandinia, Grav List Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 54 (1843). 
Having a partial, * tarsus like Hemigale, the members 
of this genus are distingui... _ by the imperfect ossification of 
