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If thèse facts are considered froin a zoogeographical point of 

 vievv, the follovving conclusions ma_y be drawn (') : 



F. s. pantasticta is distributed froin Lower Congo to Katanga 

 in South East, and Entebbe Uganda (Pocock) in North East; 



F. s. polidti'icha from Monbuttu (Pocock) to Kasongo; 



F. s. Hpusticta froni Lower Congo to Moinbasa (!?), or, if this 

 h^calitv, as is most probable, is erroneous, let us substitute 

 Uganda (?) ; 



F. s. Larsc/ii trom Northern Angola and Lower Congo over the 

 districts of Lake Leopold II and Kasai to Bangweolo. 



It is évident that thèse areas of distribution more or less cover 

 each other, and in some iocalities it is évident that several of thèse 

 <.< torms » occur side bv side. Thus in Lower Congo we find- 

 pdiitasticta. liposticta and Larseiii. At Kasongo there liv^es a rich 

 vellow varietv as well as the grevish poliotricJui, and so on. It is 

 thus clear that the varieties of servaliua^ which hâve received 

 thèse names, are not geographical subspecies substituting each 

 other in différent zoogeographical provinces, and that thev should 

 constitute différent species, I do not tliink anvbody is willing to 

 propose. Therefore as far as I can understand a réduction niust 

 take place. In the first rank I should then venture to propose 

 that liposticta and Larseni are identical. The tvpe of Hpusticta 

 was a voung animal, and niv spécimen of the same from Lower 

 Congo is also rather voungish. It appears thus neai at hand that 

 the somewhat more spotted Hpusticta is the young of l.arseni. 

 The former name has prioritv. 



In conséquence of the occurrence of as well a gre_yish puliotricha 

 form as also a rich vellow servaline cat at Kasongo it seems rather 

 probable that the former onlv is a colour phase of the latter, and 

 that thus the ivAmn poliutyicha might be withdrawn. 



There remains thus, if the suggestions above are correct, the 



(') 1 leavc nul ihe niioinal <t si-rTa/ina » from Sierra l.uonc of which I iiave not scun any 

 spécimens. 



