18 FELID^. 



Skull elongate ; crown flat, rhombic ; face rather produced, broad ; 

 the orbits moderate, complete behind. Length of adult 3f inches, 

 width 2 inches 5 lines. Very Hke that of F. viverrbui. 



3. Viverriceps Ellioti. 



I^eopardus Ellioti, Gray, Ann. Sf Mag. N. II. x. p. 260. 



Felis benoalensis, var., Bh/th? 



Viverriceps Ellioti, Gray', P. Z. S. 1807, p. 269. 



Hah. Madras. 



Skull elongate ; crown flat, rhombic ; face concave in front of the 

 orbits ; orbits moderately complete beliind. 



The skull very like that of F. ruhicjinosa, but larger, 3 inches 10 

 lines long, and 2 inches 7 lines wide. 



4. Viverriceps rubiginosa. 



Felis rubiginosa, /. Oeoffr. Voy. Belanger, t. 

 Viverriceps rubiginosa, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 209. 



Hah. India ; Madi'as. 



Skull 2 inches 10 lines long, 2 inches wide at the back of the 

 zygomatic arches ; crown flat, rhombic. 



9. PAJEROS. 



Head elongate. Ears rounded. Pupil round ? ? Skull elongate 

 mid swollen behind; face short, broad ; orbits moderate, incomplete 

 behind. The front upper false grinder very early deciduous, always 

 wanting in the half-grown skull. 



Pajeros, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 269. 



The skull of the Pajeros is like that of the Common Cat ; but the 

 orbits are small, as in the other diurnal Cats, and the face broader, 

 and the brain-case is rather more produced behind ; but it differs 

 from that of the Leopards and Cats in the upper front false giinders 

 being very early deciduous, as in the Lynxes. 



In the four skulls in the Museum the holes for these teeth are 

 only to be observed in the skull of a very young animal ; in the other 

 three older skulls the holes even are obliterated. 



Pajeros pampanus. 



Felis pajeros, Desni. Mamm. p. 231. 



Pajeros pampanus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 269. 



Hah. South America ; The Pampas. 



Skull elongated ; face short, broad, slightly concave in front of the 

 orbits ; nasal bj'oad below, suddenly narrowed above ; orbits mode- 

 rate, incomplete behind ; brain-case rather swollen ; forehead slightly 

 convex, rhombic. Length 4 inches 2 lines, width 2 inches 4 lines. 



The skull differs from that of the common Felis domestica in the 

 orbits being; smaller and the brain-case larger. 



