6. OALBRELLA. 161 



Young ? pale brown, with an obscure waved appearance from the 

 broad bands on the hairs. 



Herpestes badius, A. Smith, Ulust. Zool. 8. A. Mamm. t. 4, ? . 

 Ichneumon ratlamucM, A. Smith, App. Report, 1836, p. 42. 

 Herpestes Oawii, A. Smith. 

 Calogale badia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 563. 



Hdb. South Africa, on plains away from the sea ; ? Guinea (called 

 " Koukeboe ") (Temm.), perhaps a variety or species. 



SkuU rather elongate, compressed ; brain-case elongate, contracted 

 in front ; orbit complete in the adult, incomplete ia the young. The 

 false grinders 3 . 3 ; the first very small; second compressed, conical; 

 third subcompressed, placed obliquely, with a very minute, scarcely 

 appreciable internal lobe and no hinder one. Flesh-tooth trigonal, 

 considerably longer than- broad; the internal lobe small, on the 

 front edge. The first tubercular grinder transverse, outer edge 

 oblique, inner (narrower) rounded ; the second very minute, linear, 

 with two tubercles. 



M. Temminck thinks that Herpestes pwnctatus and Oynictis me- 

 lanura are varieties of this species (Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 100). 



12. Calogalfi venatica. B.M. 



Dark bay, white-grizzled, the long hairs white-tipped ; tail-end 

 black. 



Herpestes badius, var., Gray, P. Z, S. 1849, p. 11 ; Peters, Seise n. 



Mossamb. Sdugeth. p. 119. 

 Calogale venatica, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 563. 



Hah. East Africa. 



13. Calogale gracilis. B.M. 



Brown or blackish brown, scarcely grizzled ; fur on sides of the 

 neck shorter and very minutely grizzled ; end of tail blacker. 



Herpestes gracilis, SiippeU, Fauna Abyss, t. 8. f. 1, t. 10. 

 Ichneumia gracilis, I. Geoff. Mag. Zool. 18.39, p. 17. 

 Ichneumia nigricaudatus, I. Geoff. MS., I. c. p. 18. 

 Calogale gracilis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 563. 



Hab. Abyssinia (Biippell). 



14. Calogale ? thysauura. 



Minor, pUis fusco etpaUide luteo annulatis ; pedibus fuscis ; cauda 

 longa, penioUlo magno aterrimo terminata. 



Length of head and body 12 inches, of taU 13 inches. 



Herpestes thysanurus, Wagner, Mimchtm. gdehrt. Anz, ix. p. 449. 

 Calogale ? thysauura, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 564. 



Hdb. India : Cashmere. 



5. GALERELLA. 



Body slender. Legs short. Tail elongate, slender, tapering, 

 covered with shortish hairs. Toes 5 . 4. Claws short, compressed, 



