2. LEO. 9 



Tortoise -shell Tiger by the shortness and breadth of the face, and 

 the sudden elevation of the forehead. " Pupil round." — Hodgson. 



Fig. 1. 



Uiwia trbi-s. 



Uiicia ii'ljis. B.M. 



Felis uncia, Schreb. 



Felis pardus, Palhts. 



Felis panthera, Erxl. 



Felis ii'bis, Ehr. 



Felis TuUiana, Valenc. 



Felis imcioides, Hodqson. 



Uneia irbis, 6'm/, P. Z. S. 1807, p. 2&2. fig. 1 (skull). 



Hab. Tibet (? Smyrna, Val). 



SkuU imperfect behind, nearly to the occiput. Length 6| inches, 

 width 4| inches. 



** Nose on the same j)kme as the forehead. 

 2. LEO. 



Head, neck, sides of body, and legs maned. Tail elongate, tufted 

 at the end. Pupils round. Skvill — nose on the same plane as the 

 forehead ; nasals Hat, nearly as long as maxillaj ; the orbits of the 

 skull moderate, incomplete behind. 



I.eo, Gray, P. Z. S. 18G7, p. 263. 



Leo uobilis. 

 Felis leo, Linn. 

 Leo afi'icanus ct L. persicus, •S'«y»'«*. 



B.M. 



