On some African Zorils. 3(57 



Skull: greatest length liVD ; btisi-siiiual U-nutli 10*7; 

 zvjioinatic l)re;ulth 9'8; inlertemporal breuiltli 4 : breadth ot" 

 biiiin-case 7'3; mastoid breadth 8'1 ; pabito-sinual KMigth 5'5 ; 

 niaxillary tooth-row 5 ; front ot/>* to back of m^ 3"2. 



Ilah. Santa F^ Province, Aroentine. Type from Esperanza. 



Ti/pe. Adult male in alcohol. B.M. no. 1. 2. 4. 1. Col- 

 h'Cled by E. Lindner. One specimen. 



Jnst a shade smaller than the two smallest species known — 

 E. diniinufus, Osg., of Bahia, and E. puui'cus, of Puna, — and 

 distinguishable from both, apart from g-eographical considera- 

 tions, by its comparatively broad intertemporal region, which 

 forms a much less well-marked waist to the skull. All other 

 described species are decidedly larger. 



Lastly, in Brazil we have the large dark E. hrasiliensis, 

 Desm., found from the Amazon to iiio Grande do Sul, while 

 the little E. diminutns, Osg., is as yet only known from the 

 Kio Preto, Bahia. 



L. — On the Group of African Zorils represented by Ictonyx 

 libyca. By OLDFIliLD ThOMAS and Martin A. ('. 

 lilNTON. 



(Published by perini:<siou of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



In connection with the determination of a Western specimen 

 of this group we have noticed not only that the group itself 

 contains a larjrer number of sj)ecies than has been recognized, 

 l)Ut also that its characters — as contrasted with the capensis 

 gri'up — are so much weightier than has been previously 

 observed that it ch-arly ought to l)e separated as a distinct 

 genus from the ordinary Zfirils, to which all the previously 

 existing nanies are referable. Consequently a new name is 

 needed for the Uhi/ea group. 



P(EC1LICTIS, gen. nov. 



Genotype, P. libycu {Ictonyx libyca, Hempr. Sc Ehr.). 



Skull shortened; greatly expanded across the mastoid 

 region. Bulhe hypertrophied. 



Palms and soles hairy exce|it on the actual pads, tho region 

 between tlie pads naked in Ictonyx; pads themselves smaller, 

 more sharply defined and separate than in that genus. 



Pattern of coloration ai)out as in Ictonyx, except that the 



