260 Mr. J. E. Gray on some new Genera 



shoulder pure white ; the membrane behind the index and middle 

 finger transparent white ; the wing near the body, the fore-arm bones 

 and the legs covered with hair. 



Hah. Amboyna, Capt. Belcher, R.N., C.B. 



Fam. Felid^e. 

 Leopardus griseus. Gray. Sides with brownish gray round spots, 

 black edged, often confluent into bands ; dorsal line, belly and limbs 

 black spotted ; forehead, shoulders, feet and sides in the centre of the 

 rings black dotted ; orbits, cheeks, lip and beneath white ; forehead 

 with two, nape with five black streaks ; throat with two black half- 

 collars. 



Var. 1 . The spot separate, scarcely confluent. 

 Hah. Central America. Both varieties in Brit. Mus. 

 In our specimen the spots on the two sides are not similar nor 

 equally confluent ; on the left side there are three parallel oblique 

 bands, formed of united spots ; on the right side the front band 

 alone is present, and the other spots which would form the band if 

 united are separate, but there is a horizontal band along the side of 

 the belly. 



Leopardus pictus. Fulvous; sides paler, with brown spots, each sur- 

 rounded with three, four or five black ones; middle of the back and 

 upper part of the leg with oblong black spots ; forehead, feet and 

 shoulders with black dots ; orbits, lips, cheeks and beneath white, 

 black spotted ; forehead with two, nape with six or seven black ra- 

 diating streaks, the side ones broad with a central brownish line ; 

 back with a series of large solid spots. 

 Hah. Central America. Brit. Mus. 



Leopardus Ellioti. Fur pale fulvous ; back and head rather darker, 

 with large irregular-shaped black spots ; those on the shoulders and 

 back larger, elongate, with a narrow dorsal line ; two larger shoulder 

 spots united to the lateral nape streak ; orbits and forehead with two 

 whitish streaks. 



Hah. Madras. Brit. Mus. 



Leopardus Horsfieldii. Pale yellowish, with two rows of oblong 

 black spots on the vertebral line ; sides of back with irregular unequal 

 black spots ; tail short with small round spots ; beneath white, with 

 two black bands on the throat ; throat, sides of body and beneath 

 with large black spots. 



Hah. India, Bhotan. Mus. India House. 



OSMETECTIS. 



/ Head elongate ; nose long, slender ; muzzle truncated, with a sharp 

 ridge above ; toes 5*4 ? claw short, rather blunt, elevated ; tail long, 

 cylindrical ; soles of feet ? 



The Indian representative of the Nasuce. 



Osmetectis fusca, Viverra fusca, Gray, Illustr. Ind. Zool. I. t. 5. 



Hah. India. Garden of Taaje Mehal at Agra. 



Only known from figures which were made under General Hard- 

 wicke's inspection from a living animal. 



