Classification of existing Felidte. 339 



crest is better developed, making au elongated pterygoid 

 fossa. The bulla has a low partition. 



The two best-kuown species of the genus are the Indian 

 cats known as bengalensis^ and rubiyinosus, which are very 

 distinct, rubiginosus being cliaracterized b}'' exceedingly thin 

 nasals, nearly vertical narcs and premaxillse, and superiorly 

 expanded maxillae, the temj)oral ridges remain separated, 

 forming a wide lyriform area, the postorbital processes fuse 

 earlier, and the first upper premolar is much more fre- 

 quently absent than iu bengalensis. In the structure of 

 the muzzle and the arrested muscular development of the 

 cranium rubiginosus recalls some of the small South-American 

 ca.is,pardinoides and ? guigna, but differs therefrom in certain 

 characters enumerated below (p. 347). 



Other known forms that certainly, or probably, fall nnder 

 Prionailurus have been na,med javensis, sumatr-anus, herschelii, 

 chinensis, microtis, and scripta. 



Genus Pardofelis, Severtz. 



Fardofelis, Severtzow, 1858, p. 387 ; type marmorata, Martin. 

 Catolynx, Gray, 18t)7, p. 267 ; type marmorata (nee C'atolynx, 

 Severtzow). 



Two species, P. marmorata and P. badia. 



Distr. East Indies from the Himalayas to Borneo. 



Small long-tailed, short-headed cats with rounded ears, 

 distinguishable from Przowa//M?-M5 and related Oriental genera 

 by having the skull higher and more rounded, with the 

 mesopterygoid fossa lanceolate in front and provided with 

 thickened margins or a better developed external crest. 



The two. species marmorata and badia referred to this 

 genus have not, 1 believe, been previously aflBliated. Despite 

 the difference between them in the matter of coloration, 

 their kinship is indicated by cranial characters. The struc- 

 ture of the feet and the form of the rhinarium are unknown 

 to me. Of the two, P. badia seems to be most nearly 

 related to Prionailurus. 



* Based upon a specimen that swam on board a ship in Calcutta. The 

 name has been fixed by tradition to the species that bears it ; and since 

 the description, su far as it goes, tits the species and most certainly does 

 not apply to any domesticated cat of the Felis catus or torquatus types, 

 I see no reason for discarding the term. 



