of F. uncia and tts Allies. 315 
(1816). With other species were included vulgaris = 
pardus, Linn.; americana=onca, Linn.; alba=uncia, 
Schreb. Of these, pardus is the type, according 
to Allen’s decision (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. xvi. 
pp. 377-378, 1902). 
Tigris, Oken, tom. cit. pp. 1066-1070 ; type by tautonymy 
tigris, Linn. (Palmer, 1904). 
Leo, Oken, tom. cit. pp. 1070-1076 ; type by tautonymy 
leo, Linn. (Palmer, 1904). 
Furthermore, the following names are available for the 
remaining two speeiee of large cats which come into this 
group :— 
Uncia, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) xiv. p. 394 
(1854) ; type by tautonomy wncia, Schreb. 
Jaguarius, Severtzow, Rev. Mag. Zool. (2) x. pp. 886 & 390 
(1858), proposed as a subgenus of Panthera for FI’, onca, 
Linn., which is its type. 
It does not appear to me that these conclusions, which are 
set forth in Palmer’s ‘Index Generum Mammalium,’ 1904, 
are open to dispute. 
Adopting, then, the view here advocated, that F’. uncia is 
entitled to generic distinction from F. leo, tigris, pardus, 
and onca, it will take the name Uncia ; while, for the category 
composed of the remaining four species, Panthera is by page 
priority in Oken’s work the correct title, with Tigris, Leo, 
and Jaguarius as synonyms according to the system I adopt *. 
The only other name which might possibly be claimed as 
superseding Panthera is Leopardus, Forskal (Descr. Anim. 
etc. p. v, 1775). This name, however, was published without 
citation of genotype. It was followed merely by the Arabic 
name nimr, which clearly cannot be regarded as a specific 
title in a zoological sense. In the Arabic tongue it probably 
embraces both the leopard (pardus) and the cheetah or 
hunting leopard (jubatus), At all events, according to 
Tristram (‘ Nat. Hist. of the Bible,’ ed. 9, 1898, p. 114) the 
Hebrew term namer “ doubtless comprehended both these 
Species” +. 
* In Agassiz’s ‘ Nomenclator’ and Palmer’s ‘ Index’ the name Pan- 
thera is alleged to have been given by Hiibner to a genus of Lepidoptera 
in 1816, thus synchronizing ‘with Oken’s publication. I am indebted, 
however, to Mr. Oldfield Thomas for the information that 1816 for 
Hiibner’s work is a misprint for 1826. Thus the way is cleared for the 
adoption of Panthera, Oken. 
+ Mr. Oldfield Thomas and Mr, Knud Andersen concur in the rejection 
of Leopardus, Forskal. 
