132 LLOYD’S NATURAL HISTORY. 
natives that its prey eS of Squirrels and Trce- 
Shrews (Zifaza). 
“In Sarawak,” writes Mr. Hose, “this pretty little Cat is 
found in the low country, and on the mountains up to 3,000 
feet. It is constantly trapped by the natives, and is very fond 
of stealing fowls, going into the villages and taking chickens 
from beneath the houses. The Dyak name is ‘Kuching 
Batu.’ It usually lives amongst the rocks and in holes ot 
ireesi” 
XVI. BUSHY-TAILED RED-SPOTTED CAT. FELIS EUPTILURA. 
Fels euptiiira, Elliot, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, p. 760.5 ads 
Monogr. Felidze, pl. xxvi. (1878-83) ; Mivart, The Cat, p 
416 (1881). 
? Felis microtis, Milne-Edwards, Recherches Mammif. p. 221 
(1868-74) ; Mivart, The Cat, p. 417 (1881). 
Characters—This is a pale-coloured spotted species from 
China, apparently allied to the Leopard-Cat, but with a shorter 
and more bushy tail. The type specimen is preserved in the 
British Museum, and is described as follows: ‘‘Ground-colour 
of the body light brownish yellow, strongly mixed with grey, 
covered with reddish-brown spots rather oblong in shape, and 
darkest and most conspicuous on the hind-quarters. Head 
grey, with a white line under the eyes and on the side next to 
the nose ; two dark brown st.pes in the centre, commencing 
at the tip of the nose, and one on each side, beginning at the 
eye, pass over the top of the head, and down the back of the 
neck to the shoulders ; a dark red stripe runs from the corner of 
the eye, across the cheek, to the base of the ear, and another, 
rather lighter in colour, starting below the eye, passes across the 
cheek and curves back under the throat. The centre of the 
back is much darker than the sides, with spots of dark brown. 
Under lip white,as are also the throat and under-parts. Across 
