132 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE MUSTELID#. [Jan. 24, 
The nose of the skull very short, much broader than long from 
front of orbit to the intermaxillary bone; nose-aperture large, oblique; 
the hinder and outer portion of the upper jaws hairy ; the tubercular 
grinder produced beyond the back edge of the orbit; nasal bones 
produced beyond the middle of the orbit ; suborbital foramen large, 
oblong, transverse, occupying half the under edge of the orbit. 
HypDROGALE MACULICOLLIS. B.M. 
Blackish brown; throat, breast, and belly yellow-spotted ; upper 
lip and beneath paler. 
? Lutra maculicollis, Lichtenstein, Arch. f. Nat. 1835, i. 89, t. 
L. grayi, J. E. Verreaux, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1857 (type, B.M.); 
Gerrard, Cat. Bones B. M. 101. 
Hab. South Africa, Caffreland; Natal (Verreauz, Brit. Mus.). 
Hydrogale maculicoliis. 
e. The palms and soles of the feet hairy between the pads, the hinder 
pads with four small circular rugosities ; the bald muzzle large, 
broad, and high, angularly produced above, and continued by a 
narrow streak to the lips beneath. 
15. Larax. 
The muzzle bald, large, higher than broad, upper edge angular, 
produced above, the lower one arched; the feet moderately large ; 
toes strong, hairy above, webbed ; claws large, acute; tail conical, 
covered with hair. Under-fur long, very dense, and exceedingly 
soft, very closely covered with longer silky hair. Skull rather broad, 
depressed, ventricose behind; the forehead flat, rather broad ; orbit 
defined by a strong acute conical prominence on the side of the fore- 
head behind, above, but not below; the palate rather concave; the 
flesh-tooth large; the inner lobe as large as the outer section of the 
tooth ; the upper tubercular grinder large, massive, rather broader 
than long. 
