1864.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE VIVERRIDE. 571 
toe small; front claws rather elongate, compressed, acute. Soles of 
the hind feet partly bald. Tail conical, covered with elongate hairs. 
Skull short, broad. Face short. Teeth 36 (see P. Z.S. 1861, p. 308, 
fig.); false grinders =; the flesh-tooth triangular; tubercular 
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grinders i. 
Herpestes tenionotus, A.Smith, which I referred to this genus, is 
distinct. 
1. HELOGALE PARVULA. B.M. 
Fur uniform blackish brown, very minutely pale-punctulated. 
Length of body and head 7 inches, of tail 7 inches. 
Helogale parvulus, Gray, P. Z.S. 1861, p. 308 (fig. skull) ; Ger- 
rard, Cat. Ost. B. M. 76; Hensel, Arch. fiir Naturg. xxviii. 128. 
Herpestes parvulus, Sundeval ; Temm. Esq. Zool. 110. 
Hab. South Africa: Port Natal (Sundeval). 
The skull moderate, swollen ; brain-cavity ovate, contracted over 
the back of the orbit ; nose arched ; orbit incomplete behind; false 
grinders 2/2, front compressed, moderate, second trigonal; flesh- 
tooth small, broader than long, with the inner tubercle on the front 
edge; tubercular grinders transverse, much broader than long, the 
hinder about half the size of the other. 
2. HELOGALE UNDULATA. 
H. nigro et rufo-flavido undulatus, subtus undique rufus ; cauda 
corpore breviore, sine penicillo. 
Herpestes undulatus, Peters, Reise nach Mossamb. Saugeth. 114, 
t. 25, 1852; Gerrard, Cat. Osteol. B. M. 76 ; Temm. Esq. Zool. 115. 
Hab. Eastern Africa: Mossambique ; Quitangonka ; from lat. 10° 
tio L5°-S. 
Allied to Herpestes microcephalus, according to Temm. Esq. Zool. 
118. 
The grinders 5/5; the front claw much longer than the hinder ; 
the skull ventricose, with a short nose. 
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Tribe 11. Cynicriprna. 
Head short, ventricose ; tail bushy, expanded laterally ; claws 
elongate ; orbit of the skull complete behind. 
31. CynictTIs. 
Cynictis, Ogilby, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 48. 
Body slender. Ears short, rounded. Nose truncate, with a di- 
stinct central longitudinal groove. Tail with long hairs, flattened 
horizontally. Legs short. Toes 5—4; front claws elongate, com- 
pressed, arched. Soles of feet partly covered with hair. Skull short 
and broad, ventricose. Face moderate; forehead swollen. Teeth 
38 ; false grinders 3/3, 3/3; flesh-tooth triangular, sides subequal ; 
tubercular grinders 2/1, 2/1. 
*“*M. I. Geoffroy observed that the skull described by Mr. Ogilby, 
