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8. Herpestes galera mitis, subsp. n. 

 c? • Zeg'i, Lake Tsana, 4000 feet. 



A small-toothed Abyssinian representative of H. galera. 



Fur long and coarse. General colour dark chocolate-brown all 

 over, above and below, almost without annulations, some of the 

 hairs only having a faint and scai-cely distinguishable whitish 

 subterminal ring. Head, feet, and tail darker even than the 

 body, the last-named gradually becoming black terminally. A 

 few wholly white hairs mixed with the fur of the fore-quarters. 



Skull about the size of that of the true Southern If. galera, there- 

 fore considerably smaller than in the Central and East- African 

 subspecies rohttstus. General form similar, but the posterior 

 palate decidedly narrower, and the bullae much lower and less 

 prominent. Teeth smaller throughout, especially the last pre- 

 molars above and below and the first molars. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in skin) : — 



Head and body 600 mm. ; tail 330; hind foot (c.) 100. 



Skull — basal length 95 ; condylar length (basal length of 

 P. Z.S. 1882, p. 65) 100; zygomatic breadth 62-5 ; interorbital 

 bi-eadth 21; breadth of brain-case 38; mastoid breadth 40"5 ; 

 palate length from gnathion 56 ; breadth of posterior palate 8. 



Teeth — greatest horizontal diameter of p^ 10"8, iin^ 9"1, vi' 5*8; 

 of ^^ 7"5, m^ 8-6, m.^ 5'9. 



Tyjje. The specimen above recorded. B.M. No. 2.9.9.6. 



This fine Mungoose is of about the same size as the true 

 Cape Herjoestes galera, though with smaller teeth, the large 

 H. galera rohustus of East Africa and the Upper Nile separating 

 the two. No Mungoose of this group appears to have been 

 hitherto recorded from Abyssinia. 



9. IcTOKYX, sp. inc. 



$ . Addis Ababa, 8000 feet. 26 March. 



10. LUTRA CAPENSIS MENELEKI, Subsp. U. 



S . Zegi, Lake Tsana, 4000 feet. 



The Abyssinian representative of the Cape Clawless Otter. 



Size very large ; colour very strong and dark, deep chocolate- 

 brown on the back, darkening anteriorly almost to black on the 

 nape and crown, where it is indistinctly grizzled with white. 

 Muzzle greyish white. Lips, cheek, and sides of neck sharply 

 contrasted white. Ears brown, with prominently white edges. 

 Chin and throat dull yellowish white ; belly brown, little paler 

 than the upper surface. Limbs and tail dark brown as usual. 



Underfur of body all over, and notably of back, silvery white, 

 the extreme tips only of the hairs brown. In true L. capensis 

 the underfur is almost entirely brown. 



Skull very broad and massive, larger- and heavier in every way 

 than a fine adult male skull from West xVfrica. Interorbital, 



