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species. The black spotting extends over the outer surface of the limbs. 

 The whole top and sides of the head, excepting the muzzle above, are 

 quite evenly covered with rounded black spots, measuring 5 to 10 mm. 

 in diameter, those on sides of muzzle forming longitudinal rows; upper 

 side of muzzle ochraceous buff finely mixed with black hairs. Ears 

 clothed inside with buffy-white hairs; outer surface black, with a large 

 tawny spot occupying the middle portion. Tail ochraceous buff above, 

 grayish white below, longitudinally striped with black on proximal 

 three-fifths, and transversely banded with black on terminal two-fifths, 

 the last three or four light rings being grayish. Underparts buffy white, 

 rather lightly banded with elongate (not quadrate) black spots. 



fckull and teeth. The collection of the United States National Museum 

 contains but tw r o skulls of Felt* hernttndem hernandexii, both females of 

 which measurements are given below. 



Measurement*. The flat skin described above is 1990 mm. in total 

 length; tail, 650. Measurements of two skulls of adult females (No. 

 6480, U. S. National Museum, from near Colima, Mexico, and No. ,88,044, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., Biological Survey Collection, from San Bias, Mexico): 

 basilar length, 181, ; zygomatic breadth, 156, 159; mastoid breadth, 

 95, : interorbital breadth, 45, 46; distance between tips of postorbital 

 processes, 72, 70: postorbital breadth, 45, 50; length of nasals on median 

 line, 53, 55; greatest breadth of nasals, 36, 37; from foramen magnum to 

 hinder margin of palate, 90, ; from posterior margin of palate to mid 

 dle incisor tooth, 91, 87; length of postnarial fossa from base of hamular 

 process, 26, 28: distance between upper carnassials, 53, 54; distance be 

 tween upper canines, 31, 84: greatest length of mandible, 150, 154: great 

 est height of mandible, 67, 72; length of upper incisor toothrow, meas 

 ured on alveoli, 29.5, 28.5; distance across upper canines, 63, 61: length 

 of upper lateral toothrow, 71, 72: length of premolar series, measured on 

 alveoli, 49, 48: crown of upper carnassial, 25.8 by 13, 24 by 13; crown of 

 middle upper premolar, 16.2 by 8.4, 16.2 by 8.2. 



Felis hernandesii goldmani subsp. nov. 



CAMPECIIE JAGUAR. 



Type. Skin No. 105,930, U. S. National Museum Collection, taken at 

 Yohatlan, Campeche, Mexico, January 5, 1901, by Mr. Edward A. Gold 

 man of the Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture. 



Character*. Pattern of coloration as in typical Felix hernandexii, but 

 color much more intense; black markings greatly increased in size: 

 ground color tawny ochraceous: tail largely black above. 



Color. Upperparts tawny ochraceous, heavily spotted with black. In 

 the type specimen, the dark vertebral area is composed of a chain or 

 double row of black spots, separate and elongate on the neck, rounded 

 and more or less joined together opposite shoulders and on rump, and 

 forming a practically complete dorsal stripe on middle of back. The 

 rosettes, which are almost confined to the middle dorsal area, do not 



