1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. 593 
tail intense shining black ; under fur sombre or dark brown; the 
fur of the chin, throat, and cheeks black, with very small yellow 
dots ; all the rest intense black. The younger are marked with very 
fine dots, produced by the yellow rings on the black hairs.”,—Temm. 
This does not agree with the specimen (which appears to be chan- 
ging its teeth) which we received from the Leyden Museum. 
13. HERPESTES IODOPRYMNUS. 
“Supra ex albido griseoque variegatus, capite, collo, maniculis 
atque podariis cinerascentibus, hypochondriis viridi-griseis, 
prymna saturate castanea, pectore, abdomine cristaque unicolo- 
ribus ex rufescente isabellinis; cauda longe disticha, basim versus 
villosissima, supra et infra ad apicem nigrum usque castanea, 
rhinario et plantis denudatis nigris. 
‘Long. tota 24 inches. 
Herpestes jodoprymnus, Heuglin, Nov. Acta Leop. xxix. 23. 
“* Hab. Kastern Abyssinia.” 
14. Herrestres LEFEBVRII. 
Herpestes lefebvrii, DesMurs et Prevost; Heuglin, Nov. Act. 
Leop. xxix. 23; Lefebvre, Voy. Mamm. t. 1 (not described). 
Hab. N.E. Africa (Heuglin). 
tt Asiatic. 
15. HERPESTES GRISEUS. B.M. 
Pale grey, largely white-ringed ; head and legs darker ; hairs harsh, 
elongate, with a very broad, white, subterminal ring ; feet blackish ; 
tail bushy ; cheeks and throat more or less reddish. 
Herpestes griseus, Desm. Mamm. 212; Ogilby, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
1835 ; Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 52; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 75 ; 
Horsfield, Cat. India House Mus. 90. 
Ichneumon griseus, Geoff. Egypt. ii. 157. 
Mangusta grisea, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 164. 
Herpestes pallidus, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 373. 
Viverra grisea, Thunb. Mém. Acad. Pétersb. iii. 306. 
Hab. India: Bengal (Oldham) ; Travancore (P. Poole); ‘ Su- 
matra”’ (Rafles, Waterh. Cat.) ; Dukhun (Sykes); Nepal (Hodg- 
son). 
Var. Paler, with a reddish tinge, and the pale rings rather nar- 
rower. 
Hab. India (Hardwick). 
Skull and teeth normal; orbit complete; nose short, thick ; false 
grinders 3—3, first conical, roundish, third triangular. Flesh-tooth 
rather longer than broad in front. Tubercular transverse ; the first 
with the outer side sloping ; the hinder small, oblong, short. Lower 
jaw shelving in front. Skull—length 23 inches; width of brain- 
case 2,*, inches, at zygomatic arch 1°; inch. 
