488 MEsans, oldfield thomas and m. a. c. uinton on 



frequently obtained from Reitfontein and elsewhere in the 

 neighbourhood of the Kalahari." 



8. Genetta b^elina Thunb. 



c^. 350, Louisvale. 2600'. 



364. Skull only. TJpington distiict. 

 363. Skull only, Augrabies l^^ills. 



*' Said to be fairly plentiful, and evidently becoming decidedly 

 more numerous further north, judging from the number of 

 Karosses sent down from Ileitfontein and elsewhere." 



9. HeRPESTES B.ATLAMUCUI A. Smith. 



cf. 19, $.8,26. Louisvale. 2600'. 



365, 366, 367. Skulls only. TJpington district. 



Hitherbo the type of this species — B.M, No. 46.6.1.14 — has 

 been the only example of it in the British Museum, so that these 

 specimens form a valuable accession. That type, which is also 

 the type of Smith's hadhts, was obtained " between Latakoo and 

 the tropic " — probably therefore on the Molopo iliver. 



" Not plentiful. In this district at any rate, like the Vervet 

 and local tree-rat, they seem to be strictly confined to the belt of 

 trees on either side of the Orange Iliver. 



Said never to occur among kopjes or in open country. Although 

 occasionally living in burrows excavated either by themselves oi^ 

 Zorillas they are very largely arboreal, and are active tiee-clirabers, 

 which would be necessary in an area so frequently inundated. 



To a certain extent diurnal. 



Tliey are said occasionally to take to a vegetiirian diet, and to 

 be fond of digging up and eating ground-nuts. One specimen 

 was caught in a trap baited with mealies. 



A grey mongoose — probably //, pulveruleniiis — was twice 

 observed in rocky country away from the river." 



10. CyNIOTIS PENICILLATA G. CuV. 



S. 14, 22,213, 244. ?. 20, 189. 



Probably referable to C. p. pallidior Thos. and Scliw., of which 

 they would appear to be bleached summer examples. 



" Plentiful, diurnal, gregarious. 



These meerkats were nearly always found living with or close 

 to colonies of Xerus capensis, and they do not appear to interfere 

 with each other. In any case, it is impossible to distinguish 

 their warrens. 



I never observed Suricaia in this district. Wherever it is 

 plentiful it is very conspicuous and easily obtained, frequenting 

 the same localities as Cynictis and Geosciurus ; so that, even if 

 according to a few residents it actually does occur locally, it can 

 be by no means numerous. It is reported from the country 

 round Ken hart." 



