176 MESSRS. O. THOMAS AND H. SCHWANN ON [Feb. 2, 



and body, bi'oad rather than round, veiy bushy, the bi'eadth 

 aci'oss the outsti-etched tail-hairs about 5 inches, its uppei' surface 

 coloured like the back ; the terminal two inches pure white ; 

 under sui'face ci-eamy pi'oximally, becoming gi'adually whiter 

 distally. Individually the hairs of the under surface are ci'eam- 

 buff basally and white terminally, with a dark bi-own sub terminal 

 band. The tail of true penicillata is much darker, being 

 " ochraceous " above, pencilled with black, and nowhere lighter 

 than " ochraceous-buft'" below, except at the tip, the light part 

 of which barely exceeds an inch in length and is not so pui-e a 

 white as in jKcUidioi-. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — Head and 

 body 328 mm. ; tail 269 ; hind foot 76 ; ear 35. 



Skull — basal length 64 mm. ; greatest length 70*5 mm. 



Ti/pe. Male. Original no. 399. Collected 7 April, 1903. 



This subspecies diffei"S from the typical C. penicillata in the 

 genei-al lighter colour of its upper surface and the much more 

 conspicuous white tip to its tail. 



None of the names currently placed as synonyms of C.jyenicillata 

 appeal- to refer to the JS'amaqua Cynictis. 



'■'• ' Rooi-meerkat ' of the Dutch. ' Hcryky ' of the Namaqua- 

 land Hottentots. Habits similar to those of Saricata saricatta. 

 Appai'ently not found in the low country near the coast." — 

 0. H. B. G. 



1 1 . SURICATA SURICATTA Schr. 



Viverra suricatta, Schr. iSaug. iii. pi. 117 (1776) (ex Bufl'.). 

 V'iverra teiradactyla, id. t. c. p. 434 (1777). 



5 . 473, 536. 2 . 475, 528, 472. Klipfontein. 



" ' Meerkat ' of the Dutch. ' Hcryky ' of the Na,maqualand 

 Hottentots. 



" They make their burrows in the open veldt and under the 

 clumps of I'ocks scattei'ed about the flats. Although they are 

 seldom found in gi'eat numbers, neai' Poi-t Nolloth thei'C are two 

 or three colonies of considerable size, 



" In this part of the country they seem veiy restless, constantly 

 shifting their quartei'S. 



" Exclusively diurnal. It is a pretty sight to see them sitting 

 pei'fectly upright outside their holes, sunning themselves in the 

 early morning. 



" They apparently feed principally on beetles." — 0. H. B. G. 



12. VULPES OHAMA Smith. 



6 . 410, 416, 470. $. 424, 476, 396, 397. Klipfontein. 

 This joretty Fox has hitherto been almost unrepi-esented in the 



Museum Collection, so that the present seiles — pi'actically topo- 

 typical — forms a very welcome accession. 

 " ' Tc * omnia yackal ' of the Dutch. 



* T' stauds for a click. 



