JO. UEVA. 165 



In the figure the brain-cavity is half the lengthof the skull, and 

 the skuU is as wide at the -widest part of the zygomatic arch as the 

 length of the brain-cavity. 



4. Ichneumia nigricauda. 



Ichneumia nigricauda, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. vii. p. 39 ; Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 667. 



Hah. Senegal. 



9. BDEOQALE. 



Toes 4 . 4, short. Heel hairy to the soles. Claws compressed. 

 Tail bushy. Skull, orbits incomplete behind {Peters, t. 27 & 28). 

 False grinders 3.3; hinder broad, triangular. Flesh-tooth triangu- 

 lar, broad; sides nearly equal; angles rounded (t. 27. f. 4), Hah. 

 Africa. 



Bdeogale, W. Peters, Peise n. Mossamh. Mamm. p. 119 (1850)^ Gray, 

 P. Z,«. 1864, p. 567. 



The teeth are like those of Bhinogale, and the nose is rather pro- 

 duced and rounded below in the figure ; so that perhaps this genus 

 ought to be arranged near to it ; but it differs from it in having four 

 toes on each foot. 



1. Bdeogale crassicauda. 



Blackish-ashy hair, black- and white-ringed; Umbs and tail black. 



Bdeogale crassicauda, TT. Peters, Monatsb. K. Akad. Berl. 1862, 



?. 81; Reise n. Mossamh. Mamm. p. 120, t. 27; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 864, p. 667. 



Hah. East Africa : Tete, Boror {Peters, Mus. Berlin). 



2. Bdeogale puisa. 

 Brown hairs, black- and yellow-ringed ; limbs and taU blackish 

 brown. 



Bdeogale puisa, W. Peters, Monatsb. K. Akad. Berl. 1852, p. 82 ; Reise 

 n. Mossamh. Mamm. p. 124, t. 28; Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 567. 



Hah. East Africa : Mossimboa {Peters, Mus. Berlin). 



3. Bdeogale nigripes. 



" Body whitish ; tail snow-white ; feet black." 



Bdeogale nigripes, Pucheran, Rev. et Mag. Zool. vii. p. Ill ; Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1864, p. 667. 

 Hah. Gaboon {Avhry Lecomte, Mus. Paris). 

 " Larger than the other species." 



10. URVA. 



Head broad. Ears rounded. Nose rather produced, with a lon- 

 gitudinal groove beneath. Pupil linear, erect ? round ? — Hodgson. 

 Body elongate. Legs short. Tail conical, attenuated, covered with 



