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dalis of his restricted genus Felis. In the meantime, however, Severtzow 

 proposed (in 1858) Oncoides, as a subgenus of his restricted genus Felts, 

 for Felis pardalis, F. macvoiira, and F. tigrina ; and also in the same 

 paper (see synonymy above), Oncife/is for Felis geoffroyi, Noctifelis for F. 

 giiigna, Lynchailunts for F. pajeros, and Herpailurns for F. jagiiaroudi 

 and F. eyra, all as subgenera of his restricted genus Felis. Names are 

 thus provided for each of the several hitherto recognized minor groups of 

 the smaller Central and South American cats, whether spotted or plain- 

 colored. In the absence of sufficient material for a satisfactory revision 

 of the South American cats, Felis geoffroyi is here placed in Oncoides 

 with the other small spotted species, although it is evident that they con- 

 stitute several well-marked sections or subgenera of Oncoides. 



Oncoides geoffroyi (D'Orb. & Gerv.). 



Felis geoffroyi D'Orbigny & Gervais, Bull. Soc. Philom., 1844, 40; Mag. 

 de Zool., 1844, Mamm., pi. Ivii, animal ; Voy. Amer. Merid., 1847, 

 21, pi. xiii (skull), pi. xiv (animal). Rio Negro, Patagonia. — Gray, 

 P. Z. S., 1867, 272 ; Cat. Carn., Pach., and Edent. Mamm. Br. Mus., 

 1869, 23. — Sclater, P. Z. S., 1870, 796 (Paraguay). — Elliot, P. Z. 

 S., 1872, 203; Mon. Felidas, 1883, pi. xx. — Burmeister, Descrip. 

 phys. Rep. Argent., Ill, 1879, 124. — Matschie, Sitzb. Ges. Nat. Fr. 

 Berlin, 1894, 59. — A. Milne-Edwards, Miss. Cap Horn, Zool., Mamm., 

 VI, 1890, 3, Santa Cruz, Patagonia. 



Felis [Oncifelis) geoffroyi Severtzow, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. (2), X, 1858, 

 386, " la Plata, Patagonie." 



Felis [Oncoides) geoffroyi Lahille, Congr. cient. Lat. Amer., Ill, 1899, 

 178. 



Pardalina warwickii Gray, P. Z. S., 1867, 267, fig. 4 (skull), 405, pi. 

 xxiv (animal) ; " Himalaya [IVarwick). Probably from South Amer- 

 ica?"; Cat. Carn., Pach., and Edent. Mamm. Br. Mus., 1869, 14 

 (same as the last). [Cf. Sclater, P. Z. S., 1870, 796; Elliot, P. Z. 

 S., 1872, 203.) 



Felis pardinoides Gray, P. Z. S., 1867, 400; Cat. Carn. . . . Mamm., 

 1869, 27 [cf. Elliot, P. Z. S., 1872, 203). 



Felis guigna Mivart (not Molina), The Cat, 1881, 410. 



External Characters. — No. 16696, ^ adult, Canon de las Vacas, July 



25, 1899 ; Barnum Brown. Ground color above pale yellowish gray 



