330 Mr. R. I. Pocock on the 



Practically the only ruodern classifications employing; a 

 selection of the generic terms previously published by Gray, 

 Severtzow, and others are those proposed by ]Matschie (SB. 

 Ges. nat. Fr. Berlin, 1893, pp. 198-199) and I'rouessart 

 (Cat. MamuK, Suppl. pp. 265-278, 1901). 



Matschie grouped the species as follows : — 



Genus Uncia concolor, tigris, leo. 



„ Leopardus pardus (including vncia), onca. 



,, Galeopardus viverrina, murmorata, serval, pardalis. 



„ Fdis microtis, scripta, shawiana, bengalenns, rubi- 



ginosa, ornata, nigripes, tigrina, macrura \wiedii^\, • 



geoffrogi, guigna. 

 „ Catus cuius, manul, caudafa, planiceps, chaus, mani- 



citlata \jjcr€(\ta'\, pnjeros, colocolo, etc. 

 ., Lyiuv lynx, caracal, etc. 

 ,, Neofelis nebulas a. 

 „ [Self-coloured Cats] temniincki, auraia, yaguarondi. 



Trouessart followed Matschie in some respects, but used 

 in several cases different names : — 



Genus Felis. . 



Subgen. Uncia leo, tigris, concolor. 

 ,, Leopardus pardus, uncia, onca. 

 ., Zibetliailurus viverrina, marrnorata, nebulosa, 



sei val. pardalis. 

 ., Oncoides microtis, shaiviana, scripta, bengalensis, 



rubiginosa, ornata, iviedii, tigrina, genffroyi, 

 gnigva. 

 ,, FelAs catus, manul, planicej'S, lihyca \ocreata'\, 



nigripes, pajeros, colocolo. 

 „ Catopuma teinmincki, budin, aurata. yarjvarondi. 



Genus Lyn.r with subgen. Lynx, Cervaria, Caracal. 



I have elsewhere* criticised, both from the systematic and 

 nominal standpoints, JSlatschie's genera Uncia and Leopardus. 

 Neither in tiiese cases nor in the case of the rest of the 

 genera are any reasons vouchsafed for the specific gioupings 

 or for the names employed ; and since such widely different 

 forms as planiceps, manul, and colocolo are placed in the 

 same genus and such closely related forms as ornata and 

 ocreata in different genera t? further discussion of the 



* Aun. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xviii. p. 316 (1916). 



t The same aj)plies to Greve's classificatiou (Nov, Acta. Kais. Acad. 

 Leop. Ixiii. no. 1, pp. 76-77, 1894). Although this author adopted 

 what lie called subf^enera, it does not appear to rue that the names are 

 worth quoting in synonymy when such subgeueric terms as " Unicvlores,' 

 " Cati," and '-' Pardina der alien Welt," are enlisted with Servaluia, 

 Tiyrina, and others. The names, at any rate, are in all cases antedated. 



