28 FEL1B.E. 



Spots of the loins oblong, sejiarate ; throat, chin, and belly white, 

 black-spotted. Tail irregularly and incompletely ringed. 



Felis pardochrous, Hodysou, Calc. Jouni. iv. p. 280 ; Horsjield, P. Z. S. 



185G, p. 396; Grm/, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 273. fig. 7, p. 400. 

 Felis nepalensis, Hodgson, icon. ined. 



Hah. Nepal {Hodgson). 



Length, body and bead 25, tail 12 inches. Skull, length 3 inches 

 11 lines, width 2 inches 8 lines. 

 Pupil linear, erect. — Hodgson. 



Var. Fur shorter, closer. B.M. 



Hab. Tenasserim (Packman). 



25. Felis tenasserimensis. B.M. 



Fulvous, black-spotted ; chin and beneath white. Spots of the 

 body large, angular ; of shoulder round ; of thigh oblong ; of the 

 loins elongate, confluent ; of the back of the nock elongate, double 

 at the hinder part, and on the withers nearly enclosing a lanceolate 

 brown disk. 



Felis tenasserimensis, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 400. 



Hah. India ; Tenasserim (Packman). 



Like F. pardochroa, but larger ; spots of withers and loins very 

 different. 



26. Felis Jerdoni. B.M. 



Fur grey, with a few small distant black spots. Spots of sides 

 and legs roundish ; of central line of the back linear, rarely con- 

 fluent. Tail and feet darker grey-brown, scarcely spotted ; chin and 

 beneath white, black-spotted. 



Felis Jerdoni, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 185 (not described) ; Gray, 



P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 274, 400. 

 Leopardus sumatranus (var. gi'ey), Gray, Cat. 3famm. B. M. p. 43. 



Hab. Indian peninsula : Madras. Adult in British Museum. 



" Very like F. bengalensis, but smaller ; the ground-colour of the 

 upper part grey, untinged with fulvous " (Blyth). Size of F. ruhi- 

 ginosa. The " kitten " that Mr. Blyth refers to as being in the 

 British Museum is a nearly full-grown specimen. 



27. Felis Herschelii. B.M. 



Fulvous, black-spotted ; streak on forehead and cheeks, chin, 

 throat, and beneath yellowish white. Spots small, unequal-sized, 

 far apart ; of body oblong ; of legs round ; of loins elongate, some- 

 times confluent ; of withers oblong. 



Chans servalinus. Gray, Cat. Matmn. B. M. p. 45 (excl. syn.). 

 Felis servalina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 401 (not Oyilby). 



Hah. India; "Zanzibar?" 



Like F. nunutu, but spots smaller and further apart. 



