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supra et infra ad apicem nigrum usque castanea, rhinario et plantis 

 deuudatis nigris. 

 " Long, tota 24"." 



Hemestes jodoprynmus, HeugUn, Nov. Acta Leap. xxix. p. 23 ; Ch-ay, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 563. 



" ITab. Eastern Abyssinia." 



14. Herpestes Lefebvrii. 



Herpestea Lefebvrii, DesMurs et Prevost; Hmglin, Nov. Act. Leap. 

 xxix. p. 23 ; Lefehvre, Voy. Mamm. t. 1 (not described) ; Gray, 

 P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 563. 



Kah. Nortb-east Africa {Hmglin). 



tt Asiatic. 



15. Herpestes griseus. B.M. 



Pale grey, largely white-ringed; bead and legs darker; bairsbarsb, 

 elongate, witb a very broad wbite subtermiual ring ; feet blackisb ; 

 tail busby ; cbeeks and tbroat more or less reddisb. 



Herpestes griseus, Desm. Mamm. p. 212 ; Oray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 653. 

 Iclmeumon griseus, Cfeqf. Egypt, li. p. 157. 

 Mangusta grisea, Fischer, Syn. Mamm. p. 164. 

 Herpestes paUidus, Schinz, Syn. Mamm. i. p. 373. 

 Viverra grisea, Thunb. M6m. Acad. Petersh. iii. p. 306. 



Hah. Lidia : Bengal (Oldham) ; Travancore (P. Poole) ; " Su- 

 matra" (Raffles, Waterh. Cat.) ; Dukhun (Sykes) ; Nepal (Hodgson). 



Var. Paler, witb a reddisb tinge, and tbe pale rings ratber nar- 

 rower. 



Hab. India (Hardwich). 



SkuU and teetb normal ; orbit complete ; nose short, thick ; false 

 grinders 3 . 3, first conical, roundish, third triangular. Plesb-tootb 

 ratber longer than broad in front. Tubercular transverse ; the first 

 with the outer side sloping ; the hinder smaU, oblong, short. Lower 

 jaw shelving in front. Skull — length 2| inches ; width of brain- 

 case 2^ inches, at zygomatic arch 1^ inch. 



16. Herpestis persicus. B.M. 



Pale ashy, very closely and abundantly black- and white-punctu- 

 lated ; hair short and soft, witb black ends and a broad white band 

 near the tip ; the chin and underside uniform ashy ; tail conical, 

 tapering, coloured like tbe back ; feet like the hack, but with shorter 

 hair. 



Herpestes persicus. Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 564. 



Hah. Persia : Ebugistan and Mobammerab, date-groves (Eennet, 

 Loftus, 1853). 



Skull (adult) ratber elongate ; nose short, forehead very broad, 

 convex; tbe orbits complete; lower jaw moderately strong, chin 

 shelving. Teeth 40, normal ; tbe third false grinder subtriangular. 



