4. CAIOGALK 159 



or very narrow, ■white rings ; lips and throat and underpart of the 

 body uniform duller brown, not grizzled ; ears brown ; the nape 

 with longer hairs, forming broad short crests. 



Herpestes rutilus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 136. 

 Oalogale rutila, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. 



Hah. Cambogia (Mouhot, one specimen). 



4. Calogale microcephala. 

 Head very small ; teeth very small ; ears close, short ; nose very 

 short and narrow. Fur finely dotted all over, deep brown and dull 

 yeUow, of the underpart dirty white ; the under-fur ashy at the 

 base, with a very broad yellow band ; the hairs silky, blackish 

 brown, with small ochraceous rings ; the hairs of the tail with 

 broader rings, those of the tip similar. Length of head and body 

 10 inches, of tail 9^ inches. 



Herpestes microcephalus, Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 113. 

 Oalogale microceptala, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 661. 



Hah. ? {Mus. Leyden, procured at Havre). 



** Tail-end hngM hay, very slender. 



5. Calogale sangninea. 



Head ashy, black-dotted ; body isabeUa-red ; hair with tip and 

 rings brown ; throat, chest, and belly white ; feet pale ; taU Isabella 

 and black, varied, tip bright red-brown. Length of head and body 

 11| inches, of tail 12J inches. 



Herpestes sanguineus, Hupp. Fatma Abyss, p. 27, t. 8 & 10 (skull). 

 Oalogale sanguinea, Gray. P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. 



Hah. Abyssinia. 



6. Calogale Grautii. £.M. 



Pale yellow -brown, nearly uniform, very slightly grizzled, with 

 white tips to the hairs ; end of tail bay. 



Herpestes badius, Sclater, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 100. 

 Calogale Grantii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 661. 



Hah. East Africa : Mgunda Mkali {Gaipt. iSpeke). 



*** Tail-end black, very slender. 



7. Calogale mutgigella. £.M. 



Dark olive-brown, very minutely punctulated; tail-end black. 

 Length of body and head 13g inches, of tail 11 J inches. 



Herpestes mutgigella, Hiipp. Fauna Abyss, t. 9. f. 1. 

 Oalogale mutgigella. Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 561. 



Hab. Abyssinia. 



Skull rather elongate, narrow, like that of 0. nyula ; nose flat ; 

 forehead and crown in one line ; brain-case ovate, flat-topped, con- 

 tracted in the front over the orbits ; orbit incomplete ; false grinders 



