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it is a large Cat closely allied to, if not identical \vlth that animal, 

 but certainly distinct from the Cat before the Meeting. 

 " The admeasurements of this species are as foUows : 



Feet. Inches. 



Head and body 1 11 



Head from nose to oceiput, following \ n ej, 



the arch of the skuU J ^ 



Tail 1 31 



Height at shoulder O 10| 



Totai length 3 2-| 



" It may be observed, that the individual is adult, as proved by 

 the statė of the dentition; its colouring agrees closely Mvith that de- 

 tailed by Sir W. Jardine. The ground tint is rūsty grey the rufous 

 tinge prevaHing on the top of the head do\vn the middle of the back, 

 over the cheeks, chest, scapulse, fore limbs, and thighs. On the top 

 of the head are two longitudinal markings of black inclosing a space 

 cut up by irregulat small rings or dashes of black, and external to 

 these begin two decided black lines (commencing over each eye), 

 which become broader on the oceiput and back of the neck, on 

 ■vvhich latter part they converge, but do not come in contact with 

 each other; they then s\veep over the top of each shoulder blending 

 \vith the markings of the body. 



" Continued from the first-described centrai markings on the head, 

 there runs bet\veen these two decided stripes a broken hne, as- 

 suming betvveen the shoulders the form of elongated open spots, and 

 ultimately a black dorsal stripe continued to the base of the tail ; 

 on the haunches, however, it divides into two parallel stripes. The 

 ears are short and some'vvhat rounded, black at the tips, grey in the 

 centre, and black at and around their base ; beyond the black mark 

 at their base, there is a space of dusky grey, \vhich merges into the 

 colour of the neck. ITie sides of the neck, scapulre, fore and hind 

 limbs, are thickly spotted with black. The sides of the body are 

 marbled ^vith obliquely longitudinal marks of dark grey, each mark 

 having an irregular margin of black. 



" The lower angle of each eye is black, and two black lines cross 

 the cheek, passing into a throat-mark carried across beneath the 

 angle of the lower ja\v; belo\v this is a similar mark but more in- 

 definite ; the chest is spotted with black. The abdomen is dirty •white 

 \vhich is crossed by ro\vs of black spots in regular order. The upper 

 surface of the tail is grey, the lo\ver yeUowish grey ; it is marbled 

 by spots of black forming indistinct rings, which, towards the tip, 

 assume a more definite character; the ex.tremity being black. The 

 fur of the body is moderate and sleek; on the taU it is full andsoft. 



" For this beautiful species of Cat I venture to propose the title of 

 Felis marrnorata. Though inferior in size to the Felis macrocelis, 

 tliis species is related to it, not only in the style of the markings 

 of the fur, but in the elongation of its form, and the length and 

 thickness of the tail ; it is a Rimau Dayayi in miniature ; nor, though 

 larger than the Felis Bengalensis, is it less allied to that species, be- 

 tvveen which and the formtr it constitutes an intermediate grade." 



