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  Mr. 
  O. 
  Thomas 
  on 
  

  

  Ti/pe. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  99. 
  8. 
  1. 
  29. 
  Original 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  65. 
  Collected 
  21st 
  November, 
  189y, 
  by 
  Perry 
  O. 
  Simons. 
  

   Two 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  bewildering 
  variations 
  of 
  the 
  ocelot 
  group 
  this 
  

   fornij 
  from 
  the 
  dry 
  regions 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  Guayaquil, 
  stands 
  

   out 
  by 
  its 
  small 
  size, 
  unridged 
  skull, 
  and 
  pale 
  colour. 
  Its 
  

   white 
  sides, 
  from 
  cheeks 
  to 
  hips, 
  and 
  white 
  limbs 
  are 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  noticeable 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  ordinary 
  ocelots, 
  in 
  which 
  

   (apart 
  from 
  the 
  grey 
  northern 
  form) 
  there 
  is 
  always 
  a 
  strong 
  

   suffusion 
  of 
  buflfy 
  in 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  of 
  these 
  parts. 
  

  

  A 
  topotype 
  of 
  Mearns's 
  Felis 
  ceqiudorudis 
  *, 
  from 
  Paramba, 
  

   northern 
  coast-region 
  of 
  Ecuador, 
  is 
  quite 
  like 
  ordinal 
  y 
  

   Brazilian 
  ocelots 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  characters 
  that 
  distinguish 
  

   F. 
  p. 
  puscea 
  from 
  them. 
  

  

  Fells 
  emilice, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  F. 
  gntlula 
  group. 
  Coloration 
  pale, 
  as 
  in 
  tropical 
  open- 
  

   country 
  cats, 
  such 
  as 
  those 
  of 
  Africa 
  or 
  India 
  — 
  quite 
  unlike 
  

   other 
  South-American 
  cats. 
  

  

  Size 
  and 
  essential 
  characters 
  as 
  in 
  F. 
  guttula, 
  the 
  nape- 
  

   hairs 
  similarly 
  all 
  directed 
  backwards 
  and 
  the 
  skull 
  of 
  the 
  

   same 
  elongate 
  shape 
  f. 
  Fur 
  unusually 
  short, 
  close, 
  and 
  

   liarsh, 
  the 
  hairs 
  on 
  the 
  withers 
  only 
  about 
  10 
  mm. 
  in 
  length, 
  

   and 
  tliose 
  of 
  the 
  hinder 
  back 
  15-16 
  mm. 
  ; 
  the 
  hair 
  in 
  

   F. 
  gutiula 
  is 
  half 
  as 
  long 
  again, 
  and, 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  other 
  Soutii- 
  

   American 
  spotted 
  cats, 
  of 
  quite 
  a 
  different 
  texture. 
  General 
  

   colour 
  pale, 
  suggesting 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  pale 
  African 
  cats 
  of 
  the 
  

   F\ 
  ocreata 
  group 
  or 
  the 
  Indian 
  F. 
  ornata 
  \. 
  Ground-colour 
  

   on 
  nape 
  and 
  fore 
  back 
  near 
  " 
  cinnamon-buff" 
  of 
  Ridgway, 
  

   elsewhere 
  " 
  pale 
  buff." 
  Markings 
  essentially 
  as 
  in 
  F.guttula^ 
  

   but 
  narrower 
  and 
  more 
  sharply 
  defined 
  ; 
  the 
  four 
  main 
  lines 
  

   down 
  the 
  nape 
  narrow 
  (4 
  mm.), 
  vivid 
  black, 
  sharply 
  con- 
  

   trasted 
  with 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  between 
  them 
  ; 
  a 
  still 
  nar- 
  

   rower 
  (1-2 
  mm.) 
  median 
  line 
  also 
  present. 
  Median 
  dorsal 
  

   area 
  with 
  the 
  usual 
  linear 
  spots, 
  all 
  very 
  sharply 
  defined. 
  

   Shoulders 
  and 
  flanks 
  with 
  subcircular 
  ring-shaped 
  spots, 
  

   whose 
  centres 
  are 
  cinnamon-buff, 
  like 
  the 
  ground-colour 
  of 
  

   the 
  back. 
  Ground-colour 
  of 
  under 
  surface 
  creamy 
  white, 
  

   more 
  buffy 
  on 
  the 
  throat, 
  the 
  hairs 
  practically 
  white 
  to 
  their 
  

   bases, 
  in 
  marked 
  distinction 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  F. 
  guttula, 
  which 
  are 
  

  

  ♦ 
  Proc. 
  U.S. 
  Nat. 
  Mu8. 
  xxv. 
  p. 
  246 
  (1902). 
  

  

  t 
  Cf. 
  Aun. 
  & 
  Mag. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  (7) 
  xii. 
  p. 
  234 
  (1903) 
  

  

  X 
  Elliot, 
  Mon. 
  Felidic, 
  pi. 
  xxxii. 
  (1883j. 
  

  

  