562 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. [Nov. 8, 
Length of body and head 13 inches, of tail 1i+ inches. 
Herpestes mutgigella, Riipp. Fauna Abyss. t. 9. f.1; Gray, Cat. 
Mamm. B. M. 51; Gerrard, Cat. Osteol. B. M. 75; Schinz, Syn. 
Mamm. i. 370. 
Hab. Abyssinia. 
Skull rather elongate, narrow, like that of C. nyula; nose flat ; 
forehead and crow in one line; brain-case ovate, flat-topped, con- 
tracted in the front over the orbit ; orbit incomplete; false grinders 
2-3/3, front small, hinder rather compressed, with a small internal 
and a small hinder acute tubercle; flesh-tooth much longer than 
broad—inner tubercles small, on front edge; tubercular grinders 
transverse, the first trigonal, the outer edge broader, the inner nar- 
row, acute; the second very small, nearly like the first in form. 
Skull 23 inches wide at the broadest part; brain-case 1 inch. 
8. CALOGALE ORNATA. 
Herpestes ornatus, Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Berlin, 1852, p. 81; 
Reise n. Mossamb. Siaugeth. i. 117, t. 26,1852; Gerrard, Cat. Osteol. 
B.M. 75; Temm. Esq. Zool. 115. 
Hab. Eastern Africa: Tete, lat. 17 (Smith). 
The figure is very like C. mutgigella; but the grizzling of the 
back seems to form more irregularly waved cross streaks ; perhaps 
this is only the attempt of the artist to represent the grizzling. The 
figure of the skull also resembles that of the former species. 
Temminck regards this as a variety of C. mutgigella (Esq. Zool. 
116). 
9. CALOGALE PUNCTULATA. B.M. 
Reddish grey, minutely black-and-grey punctured ; face redder ; 
under fur black ; long hairs brown, upper half whitish, with a broad 
black subapical band and a bay tip; tail-end black; front claw 
rather slender, acute ; inner toes very short, claws short. 
Herpestes punctulatus, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1849, p. 11. 
H. badius, var. 2, Temm. Esq’. Zool. 105. 
Hab. South-east Africa: Port Natal (Williams). 
Like C. mutgigella, but redder ; face red bay. 
10. CALOGALE MELANURA. B.M. 
Reddish brown, minute, punctulate ; hair short ; tail-end black ; 
front claws acute, short. 
Cynictis melanura, Martin, P. Z. S. 1830, p. 56; Fraser, Zool. 
Typica, t.; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 77; Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. 
377. 
Herpestes melanura, Gray, P.Z.S. 1838, p. 5. 
H. badius, var. 3, Temm. Esq. Zool. 107. 
Hab. West Africa, Sierra Leone (Capt. P. L. Strachan) ; Damara 
Land (Alexander). 
