African Mungooses. 119 



92. 12. 3. 6. Machakos {F, J. Jackson) . 

 0. 3. 27. 11. Le, Galaland (Lord Delamere). 

 0. 5. 3. 1-2. Koroiiio, Kikuyu [R. Crawshay). 

 0. 6. 21. 8. British East Africa {Lord Delamere). 



2. 7. 6. 13. Fort Hall, B.E.A. [S. L. Ilinde). 



3. 4. 4. 1. Fort Hall, B.E.A. {S. L. Ilinde). 

 3. 11. 1. 2. Fort Hall, B.E.A. {S. L. Hinde). 



4. 2. 5. 3-4. Fort Hall, B.E.A. {S. L. Ilinde). 



4. 11. 0. 11-12. Fort Hall, B.E.A. {R. Meinertzhagen). 



14. Mangos Granti^ Gray. 



1864. Herpesles Granti, Gray, P. Z. S. p. 561. 



1894. Herpestes Neuynaimi, Matschie, SB. Gea. naturf. Fr. Berl. 

 p. 121. 



Matschie's M. Neumanni is from Ugogo, and is therefore 

 a topotype of Granti., Gray, and a comparison of Gray's type 

 with Prof. Matschie's description of M. JS'eumanni shows that 

 without doubt they are the same form. 



General colour ochraceous, all the hairs on the median line 

 from nose to tail tipped with tawny; tip of tail chestnut. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body (circ.) 320 mm. ; tail (circ.) 270; hind 

 foot 58 ; ear 25. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 63 ; basilar length 58 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 30 ; palate breadth across ;/ 21*5 ; length 

 c-m^ 22. 



Ilab. Type locality Mgunda Mkali. (B.M. no. 63. 7. 7. 18, 

 Capt. Speke.) 



15. Mungos ratlamuchi^ Sm. 



1836. Ichneumon ratlamnchi, Smith, App. Rep. Exp. C. Afr. p. 42. 

 1838. Herpestes haditis, Smith, 111. Zoul. S. Afr. pi. iv. 



" Above chestnut, deepest on the head, neck, and tail ; the 

 hair of the back ringed with dull yellow, that of tirst half of 

 tail with brown and yellow; tip of tail deep black.'' This 

 is Smith's description of M. ratlamnchi. In his description of 

 M. hadius he substitutes " bright bay " for " chestnut,'^ and 

 mentions the black annulations of the hairs of the head and 

 neck which cause the deepening of colour noted in his 

 first description. Both descriptions apply to the type 

 specimen in the Museum Collection. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body 300 mm.; tail 290 ; hind foot 58 ; ear 25. 



Skull : condylo-basal length 63 j basilar length 58 ; zygo- 



