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with the head, nape, fore-limbs to elbow, and hind-feet whitish. The 

 ej-es are suri'oundel by large, dark brown patches and the nape-stripe, 

 whieli is amb^r brown, divides on tiie erow!) into four branches which 

 run to the eye-patches and the ears. Behind the shoulders the stripe 

 is brownish-black but ceases at the middle of the rump. The lower 

 pa!'ts are greyish- white, sliglitly tinged with ochraceous. 



The former specimen is older and this may account for tlie pre- 

 dominance of whitish-grey in its colour. 



Measurements: — head and bod}-, 277; tail, 20; liindfoot, 69; 

 ear, 26. 



iSkiili :— greatest length, 62 ; basal lengtli, 50 ; zygomatic 

 breadth, 40 ; width of braincase above roots of zygomata, 32 ; maxillary 

 tooth-row exclusive of incisors Calveoli), 21.2 ; mandibular length, 39.2 : 

 distance between ridges on cranium, 4 mm. 



4. Felis rebulosa Griffith. 



Vhwcr, P. /. S., 1900, p. 324. 



Flat skin with skull of a Clouded Leo[)ard obtained near 

 Chiengmai by Mr. H. C. S^- J. Yates [ No. 2576]. 



This is a fine adult example with pronounced sagittal and oc- 

 cipital ridges ; though the teeth are scarcely worn both a canine and 

 a posterior molar are considerably chipped, showing that it must have 

 fed on large-boned animals: pm"^ io present. The species has a large 

 I'ange, occurring from Sikkim and Formosa southward to .Tava. 



The general colour is a deep buff with tlie lower i)artsand inner 

 sides of the limbs white : the areas on the upper parts which are more 

 or less surrounded by black boi'ders, broadest posteriorlj', frequently 

 contain dusky spots and are darker than the I'eticulations as the hairs 

 have dusky bases. Interrupted black lines run from crown to tail and 

 the limbs and underparts exhibit large black spots. 



Skull : greatest length, 191 ; condylo-basilar lengtli, 172 ; tip of 

 preinaxillaries to back of palate, 78 ; uj)per tooth row excluding incisors 

 ( alveoli ), 63.5 ; length of canine in front from alveolus, 42; greatest 

 lengtli of upper sectorial ( and also transverse length ), 21.3 ; jiMi-'-jmr' 

 (alveoli), 38 ; breadth of muzzle above canines, 49 ; interorbital breadth, 

 33; zygomatic breadth, 122; mastoid breadth, 73; front of foramen 



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