CATALOGUE. 



selves with exhibitions of the combats of the two enemies.* He asserts, 

 confidently, that the animal, if wounded by a serpent, instinctively 

 seeks an antidote in the Ophioxylon serpentinum, which grows plentifully 

 in the teak forests of Java. It is observable that the same notion prevails 

 on the continent of India with regard to the next species, the Herpestes 

 griseus. 



111. HERPESTES GRISEUS, Geo/ry, Sp. 



Ichneumon griseus, Geofr., Nat. Hist. d'Egypte, p. 137. 

 Bennett, Tower Menagerie, p. 105. 



Herpestes griseus, Desmar., Mamm. p. 212. Gray, Cat. 

 Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 52. Zoology of H. M. S. Sama- 

 rang, Mamm. p. 15. Sykes, Catal. Dukhun Mamm. 

 Pr. Zool. Soc. 1831, p. 102. Cantor, Catal. of Ma- 

 layan Mamm. p. 34. Ogilby, Zool. App. to Royle's 

 Bot. Illust. p. Ixv. 



Mangusta mungos (et caffra?), Elliot, Cat. Mamm. S. 

 Mahratta Country, Madr. Journ. Lit. and Sc. X.p. 102. 



Mangusta grisea, Fischer, Synops. Mamm. p. 164. 



Herpestes pallidus, Schinz, Synops. Mamm. p. 373. 



Viverra mungo, Linn. Syst. Nat., ed. Gmel. I. p. 84. 



Mangutia v. Viverra mungo, Ktempfer, Amcen. exoticce, 

 p. 574 ; with a figure, p. 567. 



MUNGI MUNGISA, Telugu. 



Mangouste nems, Buff., Hist. Nat. Suppl.III. p. 174. 



The Moongus or Gray Ichneumon. 

 HAB. Continental India, and adjacent countries. 



A. Presented by Colonel Sykes. From Dukhun. 



B. Griffiths's Collection from Afghanistan. 



C. Continental India. 



This species is chiefly distinguished from the former by its larger 

 size, grayish colour, and proportionally greater length of tail. In its 

 natural state, it is equally bold and sanguinary, and Mr. Bennett 



* " Maxima virtus et officium quod hominibus prsestat, est, quod serpentes occi- 

 dat, quern in finem Magnates Javani eum maxime educant, et pro quivis octo vel 

 decem nummos imperiales solvunt, ut aliquando ludibrium hujus pugnse videant, 

 quse sequent! fit modo. Bini hostes sibi mutuo quum obvii sint, primo tentat anguis 

 more suo Mustelam circumvolvere et enecare. Moncus hoc sibi permittit, sed sese 

 adeo inflat, ut turgeat, quumque serpens eum complectitur, suoque capite ad eum 

 accedit, ut morsum ipsi adferat, turn Moncus corpus suum contrahit, ita ut elabatur, 

 at serpentis collum arrodit, ejusque fauces jugulat." 



