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6r. ornatus to be due to errors on the part of the describer 

 and artist, the two forms must be regarded as distinct on the 

 available evidence as to the constancy of the distinguishing 

 characters relied upon. 



Since the synonymies of the three species above discussed 

 are somewhat complicated, it may simplify matters to restate 

 them briefly : — 



1. Mungotictis lineatus, nom. nov. 



Galidictis vittatus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1848, p. 22. 



Mungotictis vittatus, Pocock, Arm. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xvi. p. 12], 



pi. vii. fig. 3 (1915). 

 Nee Galidictis vittatus, Schinz, Syst. Verz. Saug. i. p. 360 (1844). 



2. Galidictis vittatus, Schinz, Syst. Verz. Saug. i. p. 3(50 



(1844). 



Galidictis striata, Is. Geoffrey, Mag. de Zool. 2nd ser. i. pp. 32-33, 



pi. xviii. (1839;. 

 Nee Viverra striata, Desm. 1820 ( = Galidictis fasciatus, Gmel., 1788). 



Described by Geoffroy as having five wide black bands 

 and two smaller ones on the body, thus suggesting the 

 presence of a broad median spinal stripe. The figure shows 

 a median dorsal stripe and four on the side, one of them 

 short. 



3. Galidictis ornatus, Pocock, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) 



xvi. p. 118, pi. vii. fig. 2 (1915). 



With four black stripes on each side and no median dorsal 

 stripe. 



LX1II. — On the African Shrews belonging to the Genus 

 Crocidura. — VI. By Guy Dollmax. 



[Continued from p. 380.] 



Group 17 (hildegardece). 



Size small. Colour above reddish or dark brown. Skulls rather flat. 

 Second and third upper unicuspids about equal in size. 



(94) Crocidura maanjee, Hell. 



Crocidura maanjee, Heller, Smith. Misc. Coll. -vol. lvi. no. 15, p. 4 

 (1910). 



Allied to hildegardece, but distinguished by its darker 

 colour, narrower skull, and rather heavier teeth. 

 General proportions much as in hildegardece. 



