222 DIARD'S CAT. 



a double margin of black. Two or -three of these 

 markings on the sides are very well defined. On 

 the shoulders and hind thighs they become less so, 

 but still keep the general appearance ; upon the limbs 

 they assume the form of rounded spots, diminishing 

 in size as they reach the extremity, and between the 

 fore legs and upon the fore part of the belly, they 

 are conspicuous among the white as brown blotches. 

 From beneath the eye arise two lines of black, which 

 approach and join upon the cheek ; the parts, where 

 the whiskers spring, are marked with very nar- 

 row dark streaks. The ears are short and rounded, 

 black at the base and tips, the intermediate spaces 

 grey, which is extended to the edge of the lower 

 lobe ; at the base of the ear, on the side of the neck, 

 there is a grey spot, which gradually shades or is 

 lost in the colour of the neck. Under the throat 

 there is an indistinct trace of a collar, and the mark- 

 ings on the sides of the neck run indistinctly across 

 the breast in about three bands. The tail, of which 

 the fur is very ample, may be said to be grey above, 

 assuming a yellow tinge beneath, and for its whole 

 length on the upper side is indistinctly clouded with 

 a dull black, which sometimes runs so as to surround 

 a spot of the grey. On the lower side there are no 

 spots. 



The subject of Plate XXII. is we believe a young 

 male (though in the Plate it is marked female). The 

 length of the body is 1 9 inches, and not so stoutly 

 made as in the former, but the tail is longer, being 



