516 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRID&. [Nov. 8, 
rings of nearly equal length, the tip whitish ; vertebral line black, 
subcristate ; the fore legs and the feet grey, black-spotted ; the hind 
legs black behind near the hock. 
Genetta vulgaris, Gray, P. Z. S. ii. (1832) p. 63; Lesson, Man. 
173; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 71. 
Viverra maculata, Gray, Zool. Misc. 9, t. 9; A. Smith, S. African 
Quart. Journ. ii. 136. 
G. afra, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lithogr. t. 
Viverra genetta, Linn.; Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 169. 
Genetta bonapartei, Loche, Mag. Zool. 1857, t. 18. 
Hab. South Europe, North Africa, and Asia: in B. M., from 
Nismes (Verreaur) ; Madrid, Algiers (Loche); Tangiers (Favier) ; 
Barbary (Gray); Asia, Mount Carmel (Tristram). 
The length of the rings varies in different specimens, depending on 
the length of the hairs of the tail. In some, two or more of the rings 
are more or less confluent, especially on the upper part and near the 
end of the tail. 
I cannot find any difference between the specimens from Europe, 
Algiers, Tangiers, and Mount Carmel. The distinctness and dark- 
ness of the streak upon the forehead differs in specimens from the 
same localities. 
2. GENETTA FELINA. B.M. 
Blackish grey, black-spotted; vertebral line black ; tail elongate, 
white-and-black ringed, rings of nearly equal length ; tip whitish ; 
the outer side of the fore and hind legs black ; feet blackish. 
Genetta felina, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. ii. (1832) p. 63; Cat. 
Mamm. B. M. 49; A. Smith, 8. A. Quart. Journ. i. 47. 
Viverra felina, Thunb. Sy. Akad. xxxii. 166, t. 7; Fischer, Syn. 
Mamm. 170; Temm. Esq. Zool. 92. 
G. vulgar “is, A. Smith, 8. Afr. Quart. Journ. ii. 45. 
Hab. South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (Verreaux) (the 
Musk-cat of the colonist) ; Latakoo, common (4. Smith). 
The chief difference between this and G. vulgaris is that the legs 
and feet are blacker, the head is darker, with a more distinct black 
streak up the forehead between the eyes. 
Genetta rubiginosa, Pucheran (Rey. et Mag. de Zool. vii. 1855, 
154; Arch. fiir Naturg. 1856, p. 44 :— 
‘* Griseo-albescens, fulvo lavata, maculis dorsalibus fere toto rubi- 
ginosis ; cauda ad basim quatuor annulis rubiginosis, quatuor 
deinde nigris predita. 
“‘Hab. Cape of Good Hope” —J. Verreauz), is probably the same. 
3. GENETTA SENEGALENSIS. B.M. 
Pale yellowish grey, brown-spotted ; vertebral line black, sub- 
cristate behind ; tail elongate, slender, yellow-and-black ringed, the 
pale rings the longest ; tip of tail pale ; the hinder part of the hind 
legs blackish or dark brown. 
