408 Mr. O. Tliomas on 



15. Viverra civetta, Schr. 



204. Golungo Alto. 



?. 124. Pungo Andongo. 



16. Genetta sp. 



? (young). 180. Braganza. 



? (young). 210. Golungo Alto. 



17. Nandinia hinotata, Gray. 



205. Golungo Alto. 



18. Ilerpestes galera, Erxl. 

 209. Golungo Alto. 



19. Herpestes albicaudus loandce, subsp. n. 



? . 23. Pungo Andongo. 



" Caught by native hunting dogs.''^ " Native name 

 mabeJcu." — W. J. A. 



The animals usually referred to H. albicaudus, ranging 

 from Senegal to Natal, are very uniform in colour, with the 

 striking exception of the condition of the tail, which may be 

 either black or white in the same locality. Broadly speaking, 

 the forms from N.E. Africa and Arabia, representing leucurus, 

 Hempr. & Ehr. (syn. albescens, Geoff., abu-wudan, Fitz.), 

 are paler and more butfy, while those from West Africa, East 

 Africa, and further south are more heavily blackened. The 

 skulls show the foimer to be rather smaller than the latter. 



But in the dimensions and structure of tlie last lower 

 molar there are such striking and yet locally constant 

 differences that it is impossible to regard as identical all 



«, Last lower molar, left side, of Ilerpestes albicaudus kucunis, 

 b. Ditto of H, a. loand<x, 



the forms hitherto referred to the one species H. albicaudus. 

 Treating them for the present as subspecies, the animal I 

 should call H. a. leucurus has the tooth small and narrow 



