220 Merriam — Descriptions of Two New Painas. 



Felis hippolestes olympus subsp. nov. 



Ti/pc from Ijake Cnshman, Olympic Mts., Wasliington. No. 77073 

 (' (j^ ' ?) ad. U. S. Nat. Mus., Biol. Survey Coll. Collected April IS, 1896, 

 liy Thomas Hayes. 



General characters. — Similar to F. hippolestes, but color very much darker '. 

 tail concolor to black tip (not grayish white below, as in Jdppolestes) ; 

 whitish areas on under parts much more restricted and less white. 



Color. — Upper parts dark rufous brown, darkest along middle of l>ack 

 and on tail ; tip of tail blackish ; nose to eyes dusky ; whole top and 

 sides of head dark except a pale spot over each eye ; backs of ears black 

 except posterior edge, which is grayish ; lips (except blackish patch at 

 base of whiskers), chin, and anterior part of throat white ; neck dull ful- 

 vous, palest Ijelow ; breast and inguinal region soiled whitish ; underside 

 of fore legs only lighj^ly washed with whitish ; tail dark all round — not 

 grayish white below as in hippolestes. 



Remarks. — The type, though fully adult, is very much smaller and has 

 a much smaller skull than F. hippolestes. It is marked '(j",' but possibly 

 this may be an error. 



Measurements (from well madedry skin).— Total length, 2095 ; tail verte- 

 brae, 775 ; hind foot, 260. Criininl measitroiienis : basal length, 162; zygo- 

 matic breadth, 127 ; jmlatal length (fromgnathion), "6 ; postpalatal length 

 (basion to postpalatal notch), 85; occipito-sphenoid length, 60; breadth 

 across postorbital processes, 71 ; interorbital breadth, 39. 



