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ZOOLOGICAL LlTLllATUllE. 
Galidia (Geoflr.). 
3. Nose short, underside flat, with a central groove j the upper part of 
the liinder part of the tarsus liairy j tail ringed. Ilcmiyalina. 
Ilemigalea (Jourd.), 
4. Nose short, underside flat, with a central groove j the hinder part of 
the tarsus hald, callous j tail thick, strong, prehensile. Arctictidina. 
Arctictis (Temm.). 
5. Nose short, underside flat, with a central gToove } the hinder part of 
the tarsus bald, callous j tail very long, subconvolute j frenum naked, gra- 
nular; head elongate. I^armloxurina. 
a. Paradoxurus (F. Ouv.). Flesh -tooth elongate, triangular; tuber- 
cular teeth oblong. Orbit very incomplete. — The characters of the species of 
this and the allied genera have been more especially examined ; the following 
appear to be of importance, and ought to be particularly attended to in 
descriptions : — the development of the osseous bulla of the ear, the width and 
position of the choanae, the form and size of the flesh-tooth, the form of the 
brain-case, and spots under the eye and on the cheek. The species of this 
genus are subdivided into subgenera : Bondar ^ with the type P. bondar ; 
Platyschista, with the type P. zeylanicus ; Macrodus, with the type P. fasciatus 
and with a new species, P. macrodus (p. 538), known from the skull only ; 
habitat unknown. 
b. Nandinia (Gray). Flesh-tooth elongate, triangular ; tubercular 
teeth triangular, transveme. Orbit rather incomplete. Palate narrow, short. 
Typical species : N. binotata (Keinw.), p. 530. 
c. Payuma (Gray). Flesh-tooth short, triangular, large ; orbit very 
imperfect. — ^The species are divided into two subgenera ; Payuma^ with the 
type P. larvata ; Amblyodon^ with the type P. yrayi. 
d. Arctoyale (g. n., Peters). Flesh -tooth triangular, small. Orbit 
nearly complete ; palate very narrow, elongate. Typ. species : Viverra tri- 
viryata (Reinw.). 
6. Nose short, underside flat, with a central groove ; the hinder part of 
the tarsus bald, callous ; tail long, bushy ; head short, broad ; frenum-hairy (?). 
Cryptoproctina. Cryptoprocta (Temm.). 
II. Dog-footed Viverhines. Cynopoda. 
Toes elongate, separate, more or less hairy; claws exserted, blunt; feet 
narrow, underside bald or only covered with short hairs. Orbit of skull 
complete, or nearly complete, behind. 
A. Nose short, its underside flat, with a central groove. Heipestacea. 
1. Head elongate, conical; tail conical or cylindrical. Ilerpestina. — 
Several of the genera referred to this tribe being proposed for the first time, 
we give the principal characters of all. 
* Front claws elongate, compressed ; back streaked. Galidictis (I. 
Geoflr.) . 
** Front claws shoi-t, compressed; back grizzled; flesh -tooth long, 
han*ow. 
a. Toes 5-5. Tail conical, with long hair ; teeth moderate. Her- 
pestes (111.), with 22 species, three of which are new, viz. II. dorsalis (p. 549) 
from South Africa, ILjerdonii (p. 550) from Madras, and Il.pcrsicus (p. 554) 
from Persia. 
