124 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
Viverriceps bennettit, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 268; id., 
Cat. Carniv. Mamm. Brit. Mus. p. 16 (1869). 
(Plate XJ.) 
Characters,—Coming under the denomination of a “spotted ” 
Cat, this species may be distinguished from the larger Indian 
forms with the same general type of coloration by its inferior 
dimensions, and the sharp ridge formed by the nasal bones of 
the skull. Superior in size to the undermentioned Leopard- 
Cat and Rusty-spotted Cat, it differs from both by the grizzled 
grey fur of the upper-parts being marked with dark brown spots 
formed by broken-up longitudinal lines, passing into small 
blackish spots on the hind-quarters. The short and thick tail 
is marked above with dark brown bars, and is about one-third 
the length of the head and body. The nasal region of the 
skull is remarkably narrow, and the socket of the eye gener- 
ally completely surrounded by bone. The anterior upper 
pre-molar tooth is very small. Length of head and body, from 
30 to 32 inches; of tail, 9 to 12 inches. Specimens are occa- 
sionally met with in which the ground-colour of the fur is 
reddish-grey. 
The specimen herewith figured, which was described by 
Jardine under the name of feds himalayana, ai 4 has the spots 
more confluent into streaks than is generally the case, was 
identified by Dr. Gray with his so-called Pardalina warwichi. 
The latter, although really identical with the South American 
Geoffroy’s Cat, described in the sequel, was supposed to come 
from Asia; and the similarity between the coloration of the 
present species and that of the latter is not a little remarkable. 
Distribution.—India, Ceylon, Lower Burma, Tenasserim, — 
Formosa, and Southern China. In India the species has been 
recorded from the valley of the Indus, the outer ranges of the 
Himalaya, the Nipal Terai, Assam, Bengal, and it, perhaps, 
