y. NKCFFJ.TS. 13 



Var. Black. 



Hab. North niul 8011th America. 



Pupil round. — Bdrth-.lt. 



Slcull, length 7ji inches, width 5^ inches. Nasals rather narrow, 

 with a central sunken line rather behind the back end of maxillae ; 

 cheeks in front of the orbits rather concave ; the upper part of the 

 intermaxilla much produced up the side of the nasal for one-third 

 the length of that hone. 



5. NEOFELIS. 



Skull elongate ; face broad, ratlier produced, on the same i^lane 

 as the forehead. Nasal large, elongate. Orbit moderate, very in- 

 complete behind. Lower jaw truncated and high in front. Canine 

 teeth, upper and lower, very long, conical, with a sharp cutting 

 hinder edge; the front upper and lower false grinders distinct, early 

 deciduous. The front lateral process of the frontal bone rather 

 elongate. The hinder entrance to the nostrils very narrow, elon- 

 gate ; sides parallel ; front edges rounded. Pupil round (//or^(/soji), 

 oblong erect {Bartlett). 



Neofelis, Graij, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 2G5. 



Fiff. 3. 



Xeofi'lis macrocelis. 



This skull most nearly resembles that of the celebrated fossil i^fZ/s 

 .rmdodon (Blainv. Ostcogr. Fells, t. 20), with a very much elongated 

 upper canine. 



1 . Neofelis macrocelis. 



Fells macrocelis, Temm. 



Felis Diardii, De-^mouf. 



Felis macroceloides, Hodgson. 



Felis nebulosa, H. Smith. 



Neofelis macrocelis, Graj/. P. Z. S. 1807, p. 2GG. fisr. .3 (skull). 



B.M. 



