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in assuming that thev occasionallv might produce hydrids in loca- 

 lities, where their areas of distribution meet, and bv such an 

 assumption it niaj be explained that one of tlie kittens resembled 

 a Serval, the otlier a Servaline Cat. 



To return to the Servaline Cats once more I think it worth to 

 communicate the following cranial measurements of an adult 

 pantasticta spécimen from Mnkimbungu, Lower Congo, as no such 

 appears to hâve been published before. 



Gi'eatest len^th of skuU 119 mm. 



Condvloincisive length 108.7 * 



Basai length loi » 



Zygomatic breadth So » 



Breadth of brainciise 4Q.5 » 



Interorbital breadth 32.1 » 



jy V P' 21.8 » 



p' ■ 12.6 X 6.4 mm. 



;«, 9.7 ram. 



Length of /.(«/Az 2-^ » 



Ip gênerai appearance this skull resembles that ot a Serval, and 

 the cranial measurements agrée remarkablv closelv vvith those 

 which Wroughton has published from the tvpe of his East African 

 race of Serval {F. s. Hiiidei) ('). This race is, however, justlv said 

 to be smalltoothed, but if the measurements above are compared 

 with those af a South African Serval (/■''. .<■. capensis) the latter 

 proves to hâve considerably larger teeth than the pantasticta form 

 from lower Congo, p" of the latter is especiallv small and quite 

 rudimentarv onlv measuring 2 mm. Now it is true that the size of 

 this tooth is somewhat variable (and it mav even be absent in some 

 spécimens), but neither in maie nor in female skulls of four diffé- 

 rent subspecies of Servals, which I hâve had the opportuuity of 

 examining, I hâve seen so small/". 



(') Aun. Mng. N. //.. (8) viil. \ , 5, p. 206. 



