176 EHINOGAIID^. 



I do not see how this differs from M. fasdatm ; but Herr Heuglin 

 has them both in his list. 



Tribe II. CROSSARCHINA. 



Nose elongate ; teeth 36 ; tubercular grinders |-. 



3. CROSSARCHUS. 



Head roundish. Nose elongate, much produced ; the underside 

 convex, hairy, without any central longitudinal groove ; hair rigid, 

 short, shorter on the head and throat ; muffle large, caUous. Pupil 

 round. Ears rounded. Body slender. Fur harsh, with longer and 

 more rigid hairs. TaU slightly compressed, tapering, covered with 

 shorter hair. Toes 5 . 5, free ; two middle toes longest ; front inner 

 toe large, hinder smaller. Soles naked. Claws rather elongated, 

 compressed, hooke'd, acute, sometimes very much so. Teeth 36 ; 

 false grinders f . f ; flesh-teeth -^ . -f ; tubercular grinders ^ . f. 



Orossarchus, F. Cuv. Mamm. Lithog. iii. p. 47, 1826 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1864, p. 577. 



Crossarchns obscnms. B.M. 



Uniform deep brown; head rather paler ; hairs brown, with yel- 

 low tips. 



Length of body and head 12 inches, of tail 7 inches. 



Orossarchus obscuius, Cwv. S. A. i. p. 168 ; Martin, P. Z. S. 1834, 

 p. 114 (anat.) ; De Blamv. Ostiogr. pp. 49, 99, 1. 12 ; Gray, P. Z. S. 

 1864, p. 677. 



Orossarchus typicus, A. Smith, 8. African Quart. Joum. ii. p. 186. 



" Orossarchus dubius, F. Cuv.," A. Smith. 



La Mangue, F. Cuvier, Mamm. IMhogr. ii. pi. 199. 



Hah. Western Africa : Guinea (called " Aevisa "), living in deep 

 holes with many openings (Tenwn.^. Eastern Africa ? 



See Orossarchus ruhiginosus, Wagner, Suppl. Schreb. ii. p. 329. 

 Bay-brown; feet and tip of the tail black. Length 16g inches, of 

 tail 12 inches. 



Hah. East Indies ( Wagner). 



4. EUPLERES. 



Skull ventricose, very much produced, slender, compressed ; lower 

 jaw compressed and produced in front. Nose elongate, slender, 



acute, proboscidiform ; underside ?, with a small muffle. Eyes 



large. Ears large and triangular. Body vermiform. Legs mode- 

 rate. Tarsi elongate, hairy beneath ; a very slender bald streak to 

 the heel, like Genetta, but not so distinct. Toes 5 . 5, apparently 

 united, with scattered hairs above ; thumb very short ; great toe 

 short and high up. Claws acute, semiretractUe. Fur thick, formed 

 of sUky hairs, with a short close under-fur. Tail elongate, cylin- 

 drical, rather tapering, covered with hair. Cutting teeth ^ ; canines 

 small, compressed ; false grinders 3, very smaU, compressed, far 



