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Show 400 DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE FEL1DE. [Apr. 1 1, skull and incomplete orbits, there are several specimens in the which appear to be worthy of being noticed either as species or well-marked varieties. They all have two well-marked streaks on each cheek, and there is a pale or white streak up each side of the forehead, and one between the cheek-streaks. To this group belong Felis sumatrana and Felis javanensis of Horsfield, Zool. Java; Felis nepalensis, Vigors and Horsfield, Zool. Jour. iv. t. 39; and Felis chinensis, Gray, Mag. N. H. 1837, from China. To these I wish to add the following:- FELIS PARDINOIDES. B.M. Fur grey brown, with large black grey-varied spots; chin and beneath white. Spots of vertebral line black ; of withers large, oblong ; of loins linear; of sides, shoulder, and rump large, roundish, varied with grey hairs in the centre, making them appear somewhat as if they were formed of a ring of smaller black spots; of thigh and fore legs black, small, and there confluent into cross bands. Tail with black rings. Length, body and head 19, tail 9 inches. Hab. India (Capt. Lnnes; from Zool. Soc. Mus.). Skull, length 3^, width 2f\ inches; orbits moderate, oblong; hinder nasal opening oblong, with an angular front edge. FELIS WAGATI. The Wagati. B.M. Fur fulvous; nose, chin, throat, and underside of body, and streak on forehead and cheek, pale yellow. Spots of body few, large, irregular-shaped; of withers large, elongate, broad; of loins elongate, narrow, more or less confluent. Tail with round spots. Felis wagati, Elliot (fide Blyth). Hab. India. Differs from F. pardochroa and F. sumatrana in the large size of the spots. FELIS PARDOCHROA. Nepal Tiger. B.M. Fulvous, with various-sized and -formed black spots and streaks. Spots of the loins oblong, separate; throat, chin, and belly white, black-spotted. Tail irregularly and incompletely ringed. Felis pardochrous, Hodgson, Calc. Journ. iv. p. 286; Horsfield, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 396. F. nepalensis, Hodgson, icon ined. Hab. Nepal (Hodgson). Length, body and head 25, tail 12 inches. Skull, length 3 inches 11 lines, width 2 inches 8 lines. Var. Fur shorter, closer. B.M. Hab. Tenasserim (Packman). FELIS TENASSERIMENSIS. B.M. Fulvous, black-spotted; chin and beneath white. Spots of the body large, angular; of shoulder round; of thigh oblong; of the loins elongate, confluent; of the back of the neck elongate, double |