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Mr. R. I. Pocock on the 



the rliinarium and extending inferiorly to the edge of the lip ; 

 and the median groove impressing this strip passes up the 

 anterior surface of the rhinarium approximately or actually 

 as high as the upper rim of the nostrils. The infranarial 



Fiff. 2. 



^ B 



A. Rhinarium of Felis'jylvestris, from the front. 



B. „ „ ocrc.ata, „ „ 



C. ,, „ ,, from the side, 



D. „ ,, serval, from the front. 



E. ,, „ „ from above. 



F. „ „ „ from tlie side. 



G. ,, „ salinarum, from^the front. 

 H. „ ,, „ from above. 



I. „ „ „ from the side. 



portion of the rhinarium, so pronounced in Muugotidse and 

 most of the " lower " ^luroidea, is either suppressed or 

 developed to only a small extent. 



