408 Mr. 0. Thomas on 



15. Viverra civelta, Schr. 



204. Golungo Alto. 



<?. 124. Pungo Andongo. 



16. Genetta sp. 



? (young). 180. Braganza. 



? (young). 210. G dungo Alto. 



17. Nandinia binotata, Gray. 



205. Golungo Alio. 



18. Herpestes galera, Erxl. 



209. Golungo Alto. 



19. Herpestes albicaudus loandce, subsp. n. 



? . 23. Pungo Andongo. 



" Caught by native hunting dogs." " Native name 

 mcibeku."— 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.B. Africa and Arabia, representing leucurus, 

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

 are paler and more buffy, 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 the last lower 

 molar there are such striking and yet locally constant 

 differences that it is impossible to regard as identical all 



a, Last lower molar, left side, of Herpestes albicaudus leucurus. 



b. Ditto of H. a, loandce. 



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 



