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, 
Flemigalidia, 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 Ga/dia), 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, Geofiroy, Mag. Zool. 1839, p. 30; Gray, Cat. 
Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 56 (18609). 
Hemigalidia concolor, Mivart, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, 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- 
