548 Dr. Horsfield on the Felis Macrocelis. 



tained by Dr. Finlayson, they have considerable uniformity and a 

 more oblique disposition. In this individual they distantly re- 

 semble the marks of the Bengal Tiger. On the rump and on the 

 npper parts of the thighs, several series of marks are disposed in 

 succession ; the highest of these is nearly regular, and runs paral- 

 lel to the spine, consisting of four or five spots ; the second has a 

 curved direction, and below this several irregular marks are 

 scattered on the rump and thighs. In all these the character of 

 a dark posterior border is preserved, but their contour is annular 

 or elliptical, exhibiting a slight resemblance to the spots of the 

 Leopard, and several marks of a similar character, are also ob- 

 served on the flanks near the abdomen, below the principal trans- 

 verse compartments. The lowest portion of the abdomen is 

 marked vrith short, broad, transverse bands, disposed apparently 

 without regularity. On the thighs the marks differ greatly in 

 size and form ; they consist chiefly of simple spots with an irre- 

 gular margin, but in some cases several of these marks have an 

 annular disposition, and a slight resemblance to the marks of a 

 Leopard ; their number gradually decreases towarus the feet. 

 The interior of the thighs, near the abdomen, is marked with 

 broad spots, forming on each thigh, several interrupted lines; 

 below these small dots are irregularly scattered. The feet are 

 uniformly gray. The tail is marked with less regularity in the 

 Felis Macrocelis, than in most other species of this genus : on the 

 base and beyond one third of its length, the parallel longitudinal 

 bands are continued ; the upper portion of this organ is covered 

 with broad black bands, not regularly disposed ; the under part, 

 near the base, has several broad black spots, which meet the 

 superior bands, but without regularity ; beyond the middle of the 

 tail, the bands have an oblique disposition, and they are gradually 

 obscured and lost towards the extremity, where this organ has a 

 grayish tint, with a slight admixture of tawny. The claws are 

 robust, they are completely retractile, as in other species of this 

 genus, and of a pale horny colour. The irides are yellowish. 



The surface of the large marks of the Felis Macrocelis is 

 covered with a mixture of gray and black hairs, among which 

 small black dots are distributed ; the anterior margin is in 



