112 Mr. R. C. Wroiighton on 



h^. CTcneral colour brown ; laind foot 



62 mm. (Abyssinia.) (H) «• imdgigella, Riipp, 



6'^. General colour " seal-brown " ; hind 



foot 58 mm. (Ruwenzori.) (12) s. protons, Tlios. 



d}. General colour " olive-buft'"; bind 



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

 B. Tawny suffusion on bead, neck, and 

 shoulders. 



a. Hair not or only obscurely annulated. 



«\ Tail-tip brown. (Ugogo.) (14) Granti, Gray. 



b^. Tail-tip black. (N.W.Transvaal.) (15) rat/anmchi/Sm. 



b. Hair annulated. (S. Africa.) (10) Cauui, Sm. 



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 : coudylo-basal length 58 ; basilar length 53 ; 

 greatest breadth 31 ; palate breadth across p* 20 ; length 

 c-m^ 19' 6. 



The skull is recognizable from that of M. gracilis &c. by 

 the inflation anteriorly of the brain-case, recalling somewhat 

 the shape of the quite young skull in both these sj)ecies. 



Gray describes the colour as " Pale brownish yellow, very 

 minutely mixed or punctated with a darker tint," 



llah. Type locality "Abyssinia." (Type, B.M. no. 

 44. 7. 30. 44.) 



5.5.11.3. Near Berbera [Mr, Drake Drockman). 



98. 6. 9. 3. Jefa Muder, Somaliland {Messrs. Hmcker & 

 Cheetham). 



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



2. Mmigos ochraceus fulvidior, Thos. 



1904. Herpestes 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 tiie 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. 



