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of the latter is unknown, being merely China, and until series have 

 become available conservatism must be employed. 



FELIS TEMMINCKI DOMINICORUM Sclater 



Felis dominicorum Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898, p. 1 (Foochow, 

 Fukien, China). 



Felis (Catopuma) melli Matschie, Archiv Naturgesch, vol. 88, 1922, p. 36 

 (Not Felis (Neofelis) melli Matschie). 



Felis temmincki badiodorsalis A. B. Howell, Pi'oc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol. 39, 

 1926, p. 143 (New name for Felis {Catopuma) melli Matschie). 



Specimen. — One from Fukien. 



By an unfortunate oversight the name dominiconmi, listed in the 

 Addenda of Trouessart, was overlooked by me at the time I first 

 endeavored to identify cats of the temmincki group. Hence the 

 name hadiodorsalis., which I suggested to replace the preoccupied 

 name melli., must be placed in synonymy, for it is unlikely that there 

 are any tangible differences in cats representative of the above 

 names. The specimen recorded is without date or measurements 

 and the skull is damaged. 



FELIS EUPTILURA Elliot 



Felis euptilura Elliott, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1871, p. 760 (type locality 

 unknown). 



Specimens. — Three: Chenkiang, Kiangsu, 1; Hsinglungshan. 

 Chihli, 1; and Korea, 1. ♦ 



The Kiangsu and Chihli specimens are in winter coat and are 

 almost identical, with ground color grayish and the bay spots illy 

 defined. The Korean example, on the other hand, is evidently in 

 summer pelage and is markedly ochraceous, which is just such a 

 seasonal difference as one would expect. 



FELIS BENGALENSIS Kerr 



Felis hengalensis Kerr, Linn. Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 151 (India). 



A skin with skull, presented by Dr. W. L. Abbott and marked 

 " Chinese Turkestan, possibly Tibet " is indistinguishable from the 

 larger, bufRer specimens of this animal from India. It is deemed likely 

 that at least most of the small Chinese cats of this general type, such 

 as scripta on the one hand and chinensis on the other, will eventually 

 be found to bear a subspecific relationship to this form. It also seems 

 possible that there may be a blending of characters between chinensis 

 and euptilura, but hardly between the latter and scripta. For the 

 present, the binomial may be used for all these cats. 



FELIS SCRIPTA Milne-Edwards 



Felis scripta Milne-Edwards, Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., vol. 7, 1871, p. 

 92 (Muping, Szechwan, China). 

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