578 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON [May 29, 



III, ISTaSILIO. Type. 



Nasilio Thos. & Schw. Abstr. P. Z. S. 



No. 33, p. 10, June 5, 1906 iV^. hrachyrhyncJiiijS. 



B. of Sclater's synopsis. 



Lower molars three in number, a small cylindrical m^ being 

 present behind the large m^ and m^. Bullae normal. 



To this genus there belong the forms described as hrachyrhyn- 

 chus, fitscus, schinzi, and malosce, but the specific or subspecific 

 standing of each of them is as yet by no means settled. 



" Tchangaan name ' Madauri.' 



" Common and inhabiting all stony places on the flats, hillsides, 

 or mountains. When pursued they take cover under any avail- 

 able object, even the old piping lying on the veldt. They are 

 diurnal only and were not observed in pairs." — 0. H. B. G. 



4. Felis core at a cafra Desm. 



5. 1295. 



" Tchangaan name ' Goye.' 



" The specimen sent was the only Wild Cat seen at Klein 

 Letaba and was shot while sunning itself in the daytime on the 

 open veldt. It is considered a great delicacy by the natives." — 

 C. H. B. G. 



5. Genetta letaba, sp. n. 



c?. 1242. 



A Genet of the G. tigrina group, but with the tail longer than 

 the head and body, and the skull much constricted and heavily 

 ridged. 



Size rather greater than in Cape specimens of tigrina, hind feet 

 considerably longer. 



Fur comparatively short, rather finer in texture than in 

 G. ludia (infra), rather coarser than in G. tigrina ; long hairs 

 about 20 mm. in length, underfur about 15. 



General ground-colour of upper surface including flanks rather 

 greyer than " ci-eam-bufF " ; dorsal crest not so marked as in 

 G. ludia, extending from the anterior point of the lumbar region 

 to the root of the tail ; spots edged with black, centres varying 

 from dark tawny to chestnut, mostly of oblong shape, about one 

 inch in leng-fch, smaller, darker, and rounder on the flanks. 

 Underfur slate-grey. Long hairs of the light ground-colour 

 grey for the basal third, middle third white, distal third black. 

 Under surface of body light buffy, the sternal legion marked 

 wdth a few faint brownish spots, bases of the hair slate-grey. 

 Head considerably darker than ground-colour of body, cheeks 

 smoke-grey ; forehead rather darker, tips of hairs tawny. Ears 

 of medium length rounded, darker than in G, ludia. Inter- 

 ramia, throat, and chest light yellowish grey, the last speckled 

 with a few light reddish spots ; fore limbs coloured like ground- 

 colour of back, not black as in G. tigrina or G. ludia ; posterior 

 surface of hind limbs blackish owing to the dark underfur, 

 remainder of hind limbs and feet coloured like back. Tail 



