lishing a ' fauna of Nepal.' These drawings he presented to the 

 British Museum along with his large collection of specimens ; and 

 I find that tlie eyes of the Leopard, the Ounce, the Tortoise-shell 

 Tiger {F. macrocelis), and the Murma Cat {F. murmensis) are re- 

 presented with round pupils. The Viverrine Cat of the Tarai (F. 

 viverricejis, Hodgs.), the small Nepal Cat {F. nepalensk and F. ])ar- 

 dochrous, Hodgs.), the F. 7iigripectiis, the Chans {Chaus J;/bicus), 

 and the Lynx of Thibet (Lynx isabelUna, Blyth) arc all represented 

 with Hnear erect pupils. 



Mr. Bartlett, in reply to my inquiries, kindly observes, " A great 

 difficulty exists in determining the form of the pupils in the eyes of 

 many of the Cats, as in some lights and conditions they are all round ; 

 it depends upon the light and other causes that yoxi find them some- 

 times oblong. But, from careful and oft-ropeated observation of the 

 following list, I feel safe in saying that in the Ocelot, Puma, Jaguar, 

 Leopard, Tiger, Lion, and Cheetah they are round, and in the 

 Caracal, Clouded Tiger, Chaus, and Serval are oval. 



" There are no others on your list that I can speak of wdth cer- 

 tainty." 



" P.S. In my former list I told you the Ocelot had a roimd pupil. 

 I have this day had the animal in the suiilight, and I must say the 

 pupil of the Ocelot is oblong when exposed to the bright sunlight." 



Tribe I. True Cats— FELINA. 



The head oblong ; face slightly produced. Legs moderate, nearly 

 of equal length. The skull oblong ; intermaxillae and frontal bones 

 with short processes, which extend between the ends of the nasal 

 bones and the maxillic. The front ujiper false grinder small (rarely 

 deciduous and wanting). 



Felina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 261. 



A. Diurnal Cats. — The eyes diurnal, with a round pupil. The orbits of 

 the skull moderate-sized, compared with the size of the skull ; face of 

 the skidl elongate, hUjh, broad, flattened above. 



* Forehead of skull suddenly elevated above the line of the face. 



1. UNCIA. 



Skull broad ; face broad, short, flat above ; forehead suddenly 

 raised ; crown convex in front and on the sides, concave behind ; 

 nasal bones broad, short, not reaching so far back as the upper edge 

 of the maxillae ; upper processes of the intermaxillce rather elongate, 

 extending about one-third up the sides of the nasals ; orbits mode- 

 rate, incomplete behind ; canines conical, moderate ; zygomatic arches 

 very strong and high. 



Uncia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 262. 



This genus is at once known from the Lion, Tiger, Leopard, and 



