species of Mammalia. 105 



15. Felis uncioides, Hodgs, List of Mamm. presented to 



E.l.C. Mus. 



The specimens received from Mr. Hodgson agree in all points 

 with those from Tibet presented to the Museum of the East 

 India Company by Capt. R. Strachey. 



16. Felis macrosceloides, Hodgs. Coll., Journ. N. H. iv. 286. 



Felis macroscelis, Hodgs. J. A. S. xi. 275. 

 Velis, n. sp., Tickell, J. A. S. xii. with a figure. 



Although nearly allied to F. macroscelis, Temm., of the Ma- 

 layan Islands, Dr. J. E. Gray allows it the rank of a distinct 

 species, on account of its smaller size and some diiference in the 

 markings. In a note on the specimen described by Mr. Hodg- 

 son in vol. xi. of the Journ. As. Soc. Beng. p. 276, Mr. Blyth 

 remarks, " that this fine species originally discovered in Bengal 

 should also inhabit Tibet is a remarkable circumstance." 



]\Ir. Hodgson's specimen is from Tibet; that described by 

 Lieut. Tickell is from the snowy range of Darjeling. 



A figure of Mr. Hodgson^s specimen will be found in the 

 Illust. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1853. 



17. Felis murmensis, Hodgs. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 10, 

 varietas nigra. 



Mr. Hodgson has recently discovered a very beautiful variety, 

 of a saturated brown or black colour, of which the collection 

 contains several specimens. In size and external character it 

 agrees exactly with the brown-red or bay species, first described 

 in the 'Proceedings of the Zoological Society.^ The lateral 

 marks on the cheeks, forehead and thighs are the same, and 

 also a slight whitish discoloration on the tip of the tail. It is 

 a very beautiful variety. 



18. Felis Charltoni, Gray, Br. Mus. 



Uncia Charltoni, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xiv. p. 394 (1854). 



This is as yet a very rare species in collections. Besides the 

 original specimen discovered by Col. Charlton, and that for- 

 warded by j\lr. Hodgson, none is enumerated in Catalogues of 

 Natural History. It is from the higher regions. 



19. Paradoxurus strictus, Hodgson. 



General colour grey, with a slight rusty shade ; two prominent 

 white spots on each side of the head, one beneath the eye obloug, 

 tending forward, one behind the eye larger, triangular, tending 

 backward ; five continuous stripes, regularly defined and straight, 

 of a deep black colour, commencing on the neck, extend over 

 the whole length of the body, having on each side beneath an 



