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shaped like a riding- boot with the heel pointed toward the end of the 

 lower jaw, the toes separated M' a space of 30 mm. in the median line. 

 Chin and throat butiy-white. Side of neck with a long-itudinal black 

 stripe TO mm. in leng-th and 10 nnn. in width. Under surfaces and 

 inner sides of limbs smoke g'ray. There is a ver}' faint liuffj^-gray 

 pectoral collar, interrupted!}' bordered with black anteriorly. Under- 

 parts spotted with black, sparingly on neck, axillte, and hollows of 

 thighs; most thickl}- and heavily l)lotched with black on chest, where 

 the spots vary in size from small dots to blotches 40 mm. in diameter. 

 Underside of tail grayish l)uff', irregularly cross-banded with black; 

 tipped slightly with gray. Eve-ring and crescentric area at either side 

 of nose, black. Whiskers mixed black and white. Five transverse 

 lines of black spots border the lip on each side of the nasal pad. 

 Muzzle above, plain tawny. 



Shdl and teeth. — This species and Felis Jimitis have the })raincase 

 unusually broad. Limitis is at once distinguished l)y small size (less 

 than 115 mm. in basilar length). The measurements of the type and 

 onl}^ specimen are given in the appended table of cranial measurements. 



Ifeaxurements <>f type (aduh female). — Head and ))ody, 725 mm.; 

 tail, 36(5; hind foot, 150; ear from crown, 55.^ Skull: ])asilar length, 

 113; zygomatic breadth, 95. 



Bemarhs. — The coat is fuller and softer than that of Fells pardal/'s 

 or F. limitis; and it also diti'ers from them in lacking a complete 

 black pectoral collar and transverse black band back of the throat. 



JVote. — In conclusion I must express my obligation to ISIr. Outram 

 Bangs, curator of mammals at the INIuseum of Comparative Zoology 

 at Cambridge, Mass., for the generous ofier of the Ocelots at his dis- 

 posal, including a number collected at his personal expense in Central 

 and South America. Unfortunateh' this highly important material 

 was not availa])le until the assembled specimens had been returned to 

 the several museums, and I was preparing for a new military station 

 in the West. 



^ The preceding measurements were taken fresh by tiie collector. 



