5(l VIVBRBIIIiE. 



third compressed ; the flesh-tooth trigonal, considerably longer than 

 broad at the front edge — the internal tubercle large, and a little 

 behind the front margin. Tubercular grinders — the first subtruncate, 

 oblong, rather wider than long, contracted on the inner side ; the 

 second very small, transverse, oblong (see I. Geoff. I. c. t. 17). 



In the figure cited the brain -cavity is nearly three-fifths the entire 

 length of the skull (that is, measured to the back of the orbits) ; and 

 the zygomatic arch is rather wider than half the length of the skull, 



** Tail one colour; " soles of hind feet more hold." Salanoia. 



2. Galidia coucolor. 



Eed-brown, black-dotted ; tail like back, much shorter than the 

 body ; ears broad and short. Length 13 inches, tail 7 inches. 



Galidia concolor, I. Geoff. Mag. Zool. 1839, p. SO, 1. 15 ; Gfra;/, P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 523. 

 Galidia unicolor, I. Geoff. Compt. Mend. Acad. Sei. 1837, v. p. d81. 



Sab. Madagascar. 



3. Galidia olivacea. 



Olive-brown, yellow-dotted ; tail same colour as the body ; false 

 grinders | ; tubercular grinders broader than in G. elegans, especially 

 the hinder ones. 



Galidia olivacea, /. Geoff. Mag. de Zool. 1839, t. 16; Gray,- P. Z. S. 



1864, p. 523. 

 ? La petite fouine de Madagascar, Sganzin in Pev. et Mag. de Zool. 



1855, p. 41. 



Hab. Madagascar (Bernier) (called "Salano"). 



Tribe V. HEMIGALINA. 



The toes and the middle of the lower part of the tarsus bald ; the 

 upper part and sides of lower part hairy. Tail ringed. Fur soft. 

 Frenum hairy. Orbit imperfect. 



8. HEMIGALEA. 



Head conical. Nose bald, flat, and with a distinct central groove 

 below; nostrils lateral. Ears moderate, ovate, covered with hair 

 externally. Whiskers numerous, very long, rather rigid, with tufts 

 of slender bristles on the throat, cheeks, and eyebrows. Toes 5/5. 

 Claws acute, semiretractUe. Hind feet semiplantigrade ; the upper 

 part of the sole hairy, with a narrow bald sole in front below. 

 Frenum covered with hair. Teeth 40 ; false grinders | . | ; tuber- 

 cular grinders ^ . f. 



Hemigalea (Hemigalus), Jourdam, Compt. Rend. 1837 ; Ann. Sci. Nat. 

 vni. p. 276, 1837 (not characterized) ; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 524. 

 The genus is only very indistinctly characterized by M. Jourdan 

 in the papers referred to. 



