11. TiisNioaALE. 167 



In the ' Illustrations of Indian Zoology ' I figured an animal under 

 the name of Viverra ? fusea, from one of General Hardwick's draw- 

 ings. In the ' Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist.' 1842, p. 260, I proposed 

 for it a genus named Osmetectis. As yet I have never seen or heard 

 of an animal from India that agrees with the figure. It has been 

 supposed that it may be Vrva cancrivora of Hodgson ; but it does 

 not well represent that species. 



11. T^NIOGALE. 



Whiskers weak, slender. Nose grooved beneath. Toes 5 . 5. 

 Claws compressed, rather elongate, very acute. Thumb short ; claw 

 distinct, rather elevated-. Great toes very short, indistinct, with a 

 small claw ; hinder claws broader. Soles of the hind feet quite bald 

 to the heel. Ears rounded. SkuU oval. Teeth 42 ; false grinders 

 f .f, first conical, second and third with three unequal tubercles; 

 tubercular griuders f . f, first upper triangular, large, second short, 

 twice as broad as long (Ogilby, I. c). 



Mungos, sp. ?, OgObi/, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 103. 

 Tssniogale, Qraj/, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 569. 



Mr. Ogilby described this animal as having 42 teeth, 3 false 

 griuders in the upper, and 4 in the lower jaw. Perhaps one tooth 

 in the lower jaw was changing. 



TsBudogale vitticollis. B.M. 



Black, red- washed ; hair very long, soft, black, with long red tips ; 

 head black, minutely punctulated ; legs and feet black ; tail black ; 

 streak on side of throat black ; the front claw elongate, compressed, 

 arched. 



Mungos vitticollis, Gfray, Cat. Mam. S. M. p. 50 (not Ogilby). 

 Herpestes vitticollis, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 67 ; Madras Jmrn. 



1839, p. 10.3, t. 2. 

 Mangusta vitticollis, EUiot, Madras Journ. of lAt. S^ Sci. 1840, p. 12, 



t. 1 ; De Blainv. Ost&)gr. p. 48, t. 96. 

 Mungos? vitticollis, Ogilhy, P. Z. S. 1835, p. 103. 

 Tseniogale vitticollis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 669. 



Hah. India: Madras, in thick forests {W. Elliot); Travancore 

 (P. Poole). 



Varies in the greyness of the fur and the extent and darkness of 

 the red-bay on the sides of the neck and body, there being least on 

 the specimens that have the most grey and distinctly white rigid 

 hairs. In some specimens (perhaps in some seasons) the whole 

 animal has a bright bay tint from the tips of the longest hairs. 



The skull is elongate, like that of Athylaoo paludosus ; but the 

 brain-case is more ventricose and higher, and the orbit smaller and 

 complete behind. The zygomatic arch is rather short and very 

 much bowed out, the most convex part of the arch being rather be- 

 hind the middle of its length. The contraction of the brain-case is 

 rather behind the back of the orbit. The teeth are normal, nearly 



