112 Mr. R. C. Wroughtou on 



h^. General colour brown ; hind foot 



62 mm. (Abyssinia.) (11) s. vmfgic/cllii, Piiipp. 



f\ General colour" seal-brown " ; hind 



foot 58 mm. (Ruwenzori.) (12) s. proiews, Thos. 



(/*. General colour "olive-buff"; hind 



foot 58 mm. (Fort Hall, B.E.A.) (13) s. ibece, subsp. n. 

 B. Tawny suffusion on head, neck, and 

 shoulders. 

 a. Hair not or only obscurely annulated. 



a}. Tail-tip brown. (TJo-ogo.) (14) Granti, Gray. 



51. Tail-tip black. (N.W.Transvaal.) (15) ratlamuchi,'^m. 

 i. Hair annulated. (S.Africa.) (10) C'auni,^ra. 



1. Mungos ochraceus, Gray. 

 1848. Herpestes ochraceus, Gray, P. Z. S. p. 138. 



Gray's type is in the collection. 



The following are approximate dimensions : — 



Head and body 250 mm. ; tail 240 ; hind foot 48. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 58 ; basilar length 53 ; 

 greatest breadth 31 ; palate breadth across ]>* 20 ; length 

 c-m^ 19-6. 



Tlie skull is recognizable from that o£ M. gracilis &c. by 

 the inflation anteriorly of the brain-case, recalling somewhat 

 the shape of the quite 3'Oung skull in both these species. 



Gray describes the colour as " Pale brownish yellow, very 

 minutely mixed or punctated with a darker tint." 



Hah. Type locality " Abyssinia." (Type, B.^I. no. 

 44. 7. 30. 44.) 



5. 5. 11. 3. Near Berbera [Mr. Drake Broclcman). 



98. 6. 9. 3. Jefa Muder, Soraaliland (Messrs. Haioker c& 

 Cheetham). 



59. 7. 9. 10. Coast of Africa ( Verreaux) . 



2. Mungos ochraceus fulvidior, Thos. 



1904. Herpcstts ochraceus fulvidior, Thomas, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, 

 xiv. p. 97. 



Thomas describes this form as grizzled ochraceous, darker 

 than in the typical form, the median dorsal area unannulated, 

 strong tawny ochraceous, in continuity with the tawny of 

 the tail. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body 250 mm. ; tail 240; hind foot 51 ; ear 26. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 58 ; basilar length 53 ; 

 greatest breadth 31; palate breadth across ;/ 19; length 

 c-m} 20*5. 



