350 On the Classification of existing Felide. 
very large; masseteric crest on malar remote 
from its lower edge; skull powerful, with strong 
constrictions and upper half of occiput narrow 
but rounded above; coronoid wide and rounded 
Gb SUMING: |. SG cis eiacty< isto eae a 5 wiibate state .. Zibethailurus. 
Without that combination of characters ........ ie 
7. Masseteric crest on malar remote from its inferior 
edge; narrowest point of preorbital constriction 
nearly over the centre of the orbit ; postorbital 
processes long, often confiuent, occipital area 
narrow, its width across the mastoids less than 
the width of the cranium, its sides hardly emar- 
ginate, its summit rather narrowly rounded, and 
its width halfway above the condyles, about 
equal to the transcondylar width; portion of 
bulla behind the stylomastoid smaller than that 
in front of at.) G'ss «sve aah Aa cha staaia ieee ws = Prionailurus. 
Without that combination of characters ........ C 
k. Skull powerfully developed with wide occiput, 
narrowest point of preorbital constriction nearly 
above centre of onbital space, maxilla not ex- 
panded aboye and inclined back well beyond 
lacrymal foramen; area of bulla behind stylo- 
mastoid foramen much smaller than that in front 
of it; mandible with first premolar much lower 
than carnassial, condyle high above angular and 
well-developed submasseteric ridge ....,....... Profelis. 
Without that combination of characters.......... ‘ 
1. Feet fully webbed with well-developed claw- 
sheaths, hair on neck reversed in direction of 
POW Gos ein lot beefalo haalihes tale a busts Fra Bhs ioik lajeleie Leopardus. 
Feet with only moderately developed webs and 
claw-sheaths, hair on neck not reversed ...... .. Herpailurus. 
‘Titles of principal Works quoted in the Synonymy. 
Corr, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. xx. 1882. 
Firzinerr, Wiss. Nat. Saug. i. 1855. 
; SB. Akad. Wiss, Wien, lx. 1869. 
GERVAISE, Hist. Nat. Mamm. ii. 1855. 
Git, Arrangement Fam, Mamm. 1871. 
Gray, London Med. Repos. xv. 1821. 
Thomson’s Ann. Phil. xxvi. 1825, 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. x. 1842. 
» List Spec. Mamm. Brit. Mus. 18438. 
» Proc. Zool. Soc, London, 1867. 
», Cat. Carn. etc. Mamm. Brit. Mus. 1869. 
Herve tin, SB. Akad. Wiss. Wien, liv. 1866. 
JARDINE, Nat. Libr. Mamm. ii. Feline, 1834. 
Kaur, Entw. Gesch. Nat. Syst. Eur. Thierw. 1829. 
Kerr, An. King. i. Mamm. Syst. Cat. 1792. 
Satunin, Ann. Mus. St. Petersb. ix. 1905. 
SEVERTZOW, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) x. 1858. 
