1864.] DR. J, E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRID. 563 
Var.? Rather paler (not in good state). B.M. 
Herpestes ochromeles, Pucheran (fide Verreaux). 
Hab. “ Central Africa” (Verreaux). 
Skull elongate, very much contracted in front over the orbit ; the 
flesh-tooth trigonal, longer than broad ; hinder tubercular very mi- 
nute, transverse. 
11. CALOGALE BADIA. B.M. 
Bright bay, nearly uniform ; end of tail black. 
Young? pale brown, with an obscure waved appearance from the 
broad bands on the hairs. 
Herpestes badius, A. Smith, Illust. Zool. S. A. Mamm. t. 4, 2; 
Gray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. 51; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 74 ; Schinz, 
Syn. Mamm. i. 373; Temm. Esq. Zool. 98? 
Ichneumon ratlamuchi, A. Smith, App. Report, 1836, p. 42. 
Herpestes cawii, A. Smith. 
Hab. South Africa, ou plains away from the sea; ? Guinea (called 
“ Koukeboe’’) (Z'emm.), perhaps a variety or species. 
M. Temminck thinks that Herpestes punctatus and Cynictis me- 
lanura are varieties of this species (Temm. Esq. Zool. 100). 
Skull rather elongate, compressed ; brain-case elongate, contracted 
in front ; orbit complete in the adult, incomplete in the young. The 
false grinders 3—3 ; the first very small; second compressed, conical ; 
third subcompressed, placed obliquely, with a very minute, scarcely 
appreciable internal lobe, and no hinder one. Flesh-tooth trigonal, 
considerably longer than broad ; the internal lobe small, on the front 
edge. The first tubercular grinder transverse, outer edge oblique, 
inner (narrower) rounded; the second very minute, linear, with two 
tubercles. 
12, CALOGALE VENATICA. B.M. 
Dark bay, white-grizzled, the longer hairs white-tipped ; tail-end 
black. 
Herpestes badius, var., Gray, P. Z.S. 1849, p.11; Peters, Reise 
n. Mossamb. Saugeth. 119. 
Hab. East Africa. 
13. CALOGALE GRACILIS. B.M. 
Brown or blackish brown, scarcely grizzled ; fur on side of the 
neck shorter and very minutely grizzled ; end of tail blacker. 
Herpestes gracilis, Riippell, Fauna Abyss. t. 8. f. 1, t. 10 ; Schinz, 
Syn. Mamm. i. 369. 
Ichneumia gracilis, 1. Geoff. Mag. Zool. 1839, p.17; Gray, Cat. 
Mamm. B. M. 53; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B, M. 76. 
I. nigricaudatus, 1. Geoff. MS., 7. c. 18. 
Hab. Abyssinia (Riippell). 
M. I. Geoffroy objects to the name, because this species is stouter 
than the other Herpeste; he does not appear to have seen any 
specimen. (Mag. Zool. 1839, p. 18). 
