144 HEBPESTID^. 



5. Galeeella. Toes 6 . 4. Tail cylindrical, elongate, covered with 



short hair. 



*** The front claws short, compressed ; Jlesh-tooth broad, triangular. 



6. Calictis. Toes 5 . 5. Tail conical, with long hairs. Back 



grizzled. Pupil oblong, transverse. 



7. Aeielia. Toes 5 . 5. Tail elongate, subeylindrical. Back 



cross-banded. 



8. loEnfETTMiA. Toes 5. '5. Legs rather high. Tail conical, bushy. 



Back grizzled 



9. BnEoeALE. Toes 5 . 4. Legs moderate. Tail conical, bushy. 



Back grizzled. Soles hairy ? 



*♦** ;Promt claws elongate, produced ; tail conical, with long hair ; 

 hack grinded. Lutronectes. 



10. Ukta. Toes 5 . 5. Head elongate. Soles of hind feet hairy. 



False grinders |. 



11. T-aBNioGAEE. Toes 5 . 5. Head elongate. Soles of hind feet 



bald. False grinders |. 



12. Onxchooale. Toes 5 . 5. Head elongate. Soles of hind feet 



hairy; front claws very long. False grinders |. 



13. Hblogale. Toes 5 . 5. Nose short. False grinders |. Body 



slender. Soles bald. 



Tribe 2. Cynictidina. Head short, ventricose ; tail bushy, expanded 

 laterally ; claws elongate. 



14. CraiCTis. Toes 5 . 4. 



Tribe I. HERPESTINA. 



Head elongate, conical ; tail conical or cylindrical ; back streaked ; 

 claws elongate, compressed. 



1. GALIDICTIS. 



Nose flat, and with a groove below ; ears moderate ; tail bushy ; 

 whiskers slender. Toes 5/5 ; front claws elongate, compressed, 

 much arched; thumb low down, with a long claw ; hinder toes : — 

 third and fourth longest, subequal ; great toes low down ; claws aU 

 moderate, compressed. Soles broad, bald the whole width to the 

 heel. False grinders f . Tail subcylindrical, curved, with long hairs. 

 Back streaked. 



Galidictis, I. Geoff. Compt. Jlend. 1837, p. 680 ; Mag. Zool. 1839, 1. 18 : 



Oray, P. Z. 8. 1848, p. 21 (not Hodgson) ; P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 547. 

 Galictis, I. Oeoff. Compt. Rend. 1837, p. 581. 



