1864. ] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRID. 567 
hind. False grinders 3/3 ; the third triangular, sides of equal length, 
with an internal tubercle on the hinder edge. The flesh-tooth tri- 
angular, rather longer than wide in front, narrow behind ; the internal 
tubercle anterior, rounded internally. The tubercular grinders large, 
oblong, trigonal, about half as wide again as long; the hinder rather 
the smallest (see I. Geoff. Mag. Zool. 1839, t. 13). 
In the figure the brain-cavity is half the length of the skull, and 
the skull is as wide at the widest part of the zygomatic arch as the 
length of the brain-cavity. 
4. IcCHNEUMIA NIGRICAUDA. 
Ichneumia nigricauda, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. vii. 39 ; 
Arch. fiir Naturg. 1856, p. 43. 
Hab. Senegal. 
26. BpDEOGALE. 
Bdeogale, W. Peters, Reise n. Mossamb. Mamm. 119 (1850). 
Toes 4—4, short. Heel hairy to the soles. Claws compressed. 
Tail bushy. Skull, orbits incomplete behind (t. 27 & 28). False 
grinders 3—3,; hinder broad, triangular. Flesh-tooth triangular, 
broad ; sides nearly equal; angles rounded (t. 27. f. 4). 
Hab. Africa. 
The teeth are like those of Rhinogale, and the nose is rather pro- 
duced and rounded below in the figure; so that perhaps this genus 
ought to be arranged near to it; but it differs from it in having four 
toes on each foot. 
1. BDEOGALE CRASSICAUDA. 
Blackish-ashy hair, black-and-white ringed ; limbs and tail black. 
Bdeogale crassicauda, W. Peters, Monatsb. K. Akad. Berl. 1852, 
p- 81; Reise n. Mossamb. Mamm. 120, t. 27; Temm. Esq. Zool. 
115; Gerrard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 72. 
Hab. East Africa: Tete, Boror (Peters, Mus. Berlin). 
2. BDEOGALE PUISA. 
Brown hairs, black-and-yellow ringed; limbs and tail blackish 
brown. 
Bdeogale puisa, W. Peters, Monatsb. K. Akad. Berl. 1852, p. 82 ; 
Reise n. Mossamb. Mamm. 1 24, t. 28; Temm. Esq. Zool. 115; Ger- 
rard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 72. 
Hab. East Africa: Mossimboa (Peters, Mus. Berlin). 
3. BDEOGALE NIGRIPES. 
** Body whitish ; tail snow-white ; feet black.”’ 
Bdeogale nigripes, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. vii. 111; Arch. 
fir Naturg. 1856, p. 44. 
Hab. Gaboon (Aubry Lecomte, Mus. Paris). 
«‘ Larger than the other species.” 
