1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. 55] 
a nodus on the outer side near the end; internal opening narrow, 
transverse. Lower jaw rather strong; chin shelving, lower edge 
straight, angle produced, lobe keeled on the inner upper margin. 
Length of skull about 2! 3!” (imperfect), of nose 11!; width of 
back of mouth 1! 1'", 
Ichneumon edwardsii, Geoff. Egypt, 138, from Edw. Birds, 199. 
t. 199. 
Ichneumon major, Geoff. 1. ec. 139, from Grande mangouste, Buff. 
Supp. iii. 173, t. 28. These species are only known from the figures 
cited, 
“** Smaller animal : hair shorter ; tail with a small black or red tip. 
9. HERPESTES APICULATUS. B.M. 
Fur harsh, dark grey, grizzled with broad black-and-white rings ; 
hair rather elongate, with black tip and a broad white subterminal 
band ; tail with a very slight black tip, from the dark end of the 
terminal hairs. 
Herpestes apiculatus, Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 51. 
H. pulverulentus, Wagner, Supp. Schreb. Siiugeth. t. 116. f. 2; 
Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 374. 
H. caffer, Verreaux, MS. 
Length 14 inches; tail 11 inches. (B.M.) 
Hab. South Africa, Cape of Good Hope, on rocks near the sea 
(A. Smith). 
*** Smaller animal: hair of body shorter; tail coloured like the 
back. 
+ African. 
10. HerPEsTES PUNCTATISSIMUS. 
Fur short ; the hairs at the base of the tail twice as long as those 
of the body; the upper part of the body and limbs pale yellow, 
dotted with very fine blackish-brown rings, covering all the parts 
except the chin; the middle part of the neck and belly dirty white ; 
the hairs of the tail, to the extreme point, have many rings; the tip 
of the tail pale reddish. 
Length of head and body 103 inches, tail 9 inches. 
Herpestes punctatissimus, Temm. Esq. Zool. 108. 
Hab. Central and Eastern Africa (Temm., Mus. Leyden.). 
Teeth very strong, much larger than others of the same size. 
11. HerprestTEs LOEMPO. B.M. 
Under fur pale ochraceous; longer hairs black-tipped; fur of - 
head, neck, and back yellow-dotted; back and nape blacker; tail 
variegated at the base and tufted with long black hairs, which are 
yellowish at the base ; legs deep black. 
