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P.S. — It may be deserving of mention, that notwithstanding the 

 small size of the eye of the Mole, its appearance in foetal derelopment 

 is early : thus, in a foetus which I have recently examined, the length 

 of which was about three-qiiarters of an inch, the eyes were distinct ; 

 they were visible — conspicuous in the naked face, even without the 

 aid of a magnifying glass, and indeed were not much smaller than 

 those of the adult, aud but little different in appearance : the diameter 

 of each was about j^th of an inch. 



2. Notice of two Viverrid.e from Ceylon, lately living 

 IN THE Gardens. By J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. etc. 



(Mammalia, PL XXX., XXXI.) 



The specimens here noticed were brought from Ceylon by Alex. 

 Grace, Esq., and lived some time in the Gardens of the Society. 



The first is the species which I described some years ago under the 

 name oi Herpestes Smit/iii (Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837, ii.), from a speci- 

 men which was living in the Surrey Zoological Gardens, now pre- 

 served in the Collection of the British Museum : that specimen was 

 said to have been sent from the Cape of Good Hope, but this must 

 have been a mistake, as it is quite unknown to Dr. Burchell, Dr. 

 A. Smith, Mr. Smut, Dr. Wahlberg, or other zoologists who have 

 written on the animals of South Africa. 



Mr. Grace informs me that it is an inhabitant of the interior part 

 of Ceylon. It is by far the most beautiful species of the genus, as 

 will be seen from the accompanying illustration (Mamm., PI. XXX.). 



The second is a new species of Cynictis, which I propose to call 



Cynictis Maccarthi^. (Mammalia, PI. XXXI.) 



Teeth normal. Red brown ; hair elongate, flaccid, pale brown, 

 with a broad, black subterminal band, and a long whitish brown 

 tip ; of hands and feet shorter. Feet blackish brown, hair white 

 tipped. Claws elongate, slender, compressed, especially of the two 

 middle toes of the fore feet. Tail redder ; hair elongate, one- 

 coloured, red. Ears rounded, hairy. 



Hab. Ceylon; JaiFna, North of Ceylon (A. Grace, Esq.). 



This species somewhat resembles Cynictis melanura in general 

 colour, but the hairs are much longer, not so adpressed, and, when 

 the individual colour of the hair is examined, most distinct. 



I have proposed to name this interesting animal after Mrs. Mac- 

 Carthy, the wife of the Treasurer of the Colony and the daughter of 

 Mr. Hawes, the Assistant Secretary to the Colonies, who is much 

 interested in the study of natural history, aud has kindly sent me 

 several very interesting natural productions from Ceylon. 



The skull differs from all the other Herpestes that I have examined, 

 in the back of the nape being deeply and shar])ly notched instead of 

 transversely truncated, the notch in the living animal being filled up ^ 

 with a cartilaginous septum. 



