14. CTNICTIS. 169 



SkuU short, broad. Face short. Teeth 36 (see P. Z. S. 1861, p. 308, 

 fig.); false grinders f .f : the flesh- tooth triangular; taberoular 

 grinders ^ . f. 



Helogale, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 308; 1864, p. 570. 



Herpestes tcmionotus, A. Smith, -which I referred to this genus, is 

 distinct. 



1. Helogale parvula. B.M. 



Fur uniform blackish brown, very minutely pale-punctulated. 

 Length of body and head 7 inches, of tail 7 inches. 



Helogale parvula, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 308 (fig. skull) ; 1864, 



p. 571. 

 Herpestes parvuluB, Sundevall; Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 110. 



Hah. South Africa : Port Natal (SundevaT). 



The skull moderate, swollen ; brain-cavity ovate, contracted over 

 the back of the orbit ; nose arched ; orbit incomplete behind ; false 

 grinders f , front compressed, moderate, second trigonal ; flesh-tpoth 

 small, broader than long, with the inner tubercle on the front edge ; 

 tubercular grinders transverse, much broader than long, the hinder 

 about half the size of the other. 



2. Helogale undolata. 



" H. nigro et rufo-flavido tmdulatus, subtus undique rufus ; cauda 

 corpore breviore, sine penicUlo." 



Herpestes undulatus, Peters, Raise nach Mossamb^ Sdugeth. p. 114, 



t. 26, 1852. 

 Helogale undulata, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1864, p. 571. 



Hah. Eastern Africa : Mossambique ; Quitangonka ; from lat. 10° 

 to 15° S. 



The grinders f ; the front claw much longer than the hinder ; 

 the skull ventricose, with a short nose. AUied to Herpestes micro- 

 cephdlus, according to Temm. Esq. Zool. p. 118. 



Tribe II. CYNICTIDINA. 



Head short, ventricose; tail bushy, expanded laterally; claws 

 elongate ; orbit of the skull complete behind. — Gray, P. Z. S. 1864, 

 p. 571. 



14. CTNICTIS. 



Body slender. Ears short, rounded. Fose truncate, with a di- 

 stinct central longitudinal groove. TaU with long hairs, flattened 

 horizontally. Legs short. Toes 5.4; front claws elongate, com- 

 pressed, arched. Soles of feet partly covered with hair. Skull short 

 and broad, ventricose. Face moderate ; forehead swollen. Teeth 



