﻿various 
  South- 
  American 
  Mammals. 
  347 
  

  

  c. 
  Mantle 
  and 
  arms 
  glossy 
  blackish 
  brown 
  . 
  

  

  L. 
  purillus, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  Head 
  and 
  body 
  

   180 
  mm. 
  ; 
  tail 
  295 
  ; 
  hind 
  foot 
  GO. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Rio 
  Xapiiry, 
  Upper 
  Rio 
  Acre, 
  Upper 
  Purns. 
  

  

  Ti/pe. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  14. 
  2. 
  21. 
  1. 
  Original 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  2. 
  4. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  authorities 
  of 
  the 
  Goeldi 
  Museum, 
  

   Para. 
  

  

  JTelis 
  pardali's 
  puscea, 
  sabsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  pale 
  ocelot, 
  from 
  the 
  southern 
  coast-region 
  of 
  

   Ecuador. 
  

  

  Size 
  decidedly 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  most 
  ocelots. 
  Fur 
  short 
  and 
  

   fine, 
  hairs 
  of 
  back 
  about 
  13 
  mm. 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  hairs 
  from 
  

   withers 
  to 
  occiput 
  reversed 
  forwards 
  as 
  usual. 
  General 
  

   ground-colour 
  pale, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  dorsal 
  area 
  and 
  the 
  centres 
  of 
  

   the 
  lateral 
  rings 
  buffj 
  (near 
  "warm 
  buff^^), 
  finely 
  ticked 
  

   with 
  black, 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  sides 
  white, 
  nearly 
  pure 
  white, 
  or 
  at 
  

   least 
  greyisli 
  white, 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  buffy 
  in 
  ocelots 
  

   generally 
  ; 
  ground-colour 
  of 
  under 
  surface 
  white 
  throughout. 
  

   Markings 
  everywhere 
  black, 
  sharply 
  defined, 
  the 
  spots 
  and 
  

   rings 
  small, 
  the 
  ciiaracteristic 
  elongate 
  markings 
  of 
  the 
  sides 
  

   quite 
  broken 
  up 
  into 
  subcircular 
  rings 
  in 
  one 
  specimen 
  and 
  

   nearly 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  other. 
  (Jiieeks 
  white, 
  with 
  bhick 
  markings, 
  

   the 
  bufiy 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  below 
  the 
  lower 
  white 
  

   eye-stripe. 
  Limbs 
  clear 
  greyish 
  white, 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  finely 
  

   spotted 
  to 
  the 
  digits. 
  Tail 
  white 
  and 
  black, 
  a 
  little 
  butfy 
  

   only 
  present 
  proximally 
  above. 
  

  

  ISkuU 
  small, 
  smooth, 
  rounded, 
  little 
  ridged 
  ; 
  without 
  

   sagittal 
  crest 
  except 
  posteriorly 
  ; 
  the 
  temporal 
  crests 
  about 
  

   half 
  an 
  inch 
  apart. 
  Intertemporal 
  constriction 
  not 
  strongly 
  

   pinched 
  in. 
  Bullaa 
  large, 
  rounded, 
  more 
  inflated 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  

   other 
  ocelots 
  available, 
  but 
  this 
  character 
  is 
  so 
  variable 
  in 
  tiie 
  

   larger 
  cats, 
  notably 
  in 
  the 
  pumas, 
  that 
  little 
  importance 
  can 
  

   be 
  attached 
  to 
  it. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  two 
  male 
  specimens 
  (the 
  first 
  the 
  type) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  725, 
  715 
  mm.; 
  tail 
  300, 
  330; 
  hmd 
  foot 
  

   150, 
  145 
  ; 
  ear 
  50, 
  60. 
  

  

  (Skull 
  : 
  greatest 
  length 
  132, 
  124 
  ; 
  condylo-basal 
  lengtii 
  

   121, 
  119; 
  zygomatic 
  breadth 
  81, 
  80; 
  interorbital 
  breadth 
  

   26, 
  24; 
  intertemporal 
  breadth 
  32'3, 
  34; 
  breadth 
  of 
  brain- 
  

   case 
  48, 
  50 
  ; 
  mastoid 
  breadth 
  53, 
  52'5 
  ; 
  palatal 
  length 
  51, 
  49 
  ; 
  

   length 
  of/ 
  10, 
  9*7, 
  p^ 
  16, 
  15 
  6. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Guayas, 
  coast-region 
  of 
  Ecuador. 
  IVp^ 
  from 
  

   Chongon, 
  15 
  miles 
  W. 
  of 
  Guayaquil. 
  Alt. 
  60 
  m. 
  

  

  