6 CATALOGUE OF 



The CHITTRA BILLON. Leopardus celidogaster. Felis celido- 

 gaster, Temm. Mam. i. 140. Leopardus viverrinus, Gray, C. M. 

 43. Felis viverrinus, Bennett, P. Z. S. Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1834, 97. 

 /. A. S. B. iv. 522. Serval, var. Hodgs. J. A. S. B. iv. 522. F. 

 chalybeata, A. Smith, Griffith, A. K. ii. 437, t. F. viverriceps, 

 Hodgs. J. A. S. B. v. 1836, 232 (desc.), x. 918. Calc. J. N. H. iv. 

 286. Chat a tache rouge, Belanger, Voy. t. ? 



Inhab. Nepal, Tarai and parts of lower regions. 

 a, b. Stuffed specimens, adult. 



c. Skull. 



d. Skull of an adult, much elongated behind. 



e. Skull of an adult, not so elongated behind. 

 /. Bones of the trunk and of some of the limbs. 

 g. A drawing of adult, t. 25. 



h, A drawing of adult, t. 26. 



i. A drawing of adult, t. 27, copied t. 28. 



Compared with Temminck's original specimen of F. celidogas- 

 ter, which he bought at the sale of Bullock's museum. 



The MANUL. Felis Manul, Pallas, Itin. iii. 692. Act. Petrop. 

 v. i. t. 7. Zool. R. Asiat. i. 20. Shaw, Zool. i. 362. Felis nigri- 

 pectus, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xi. 1842, 276, t, F. Cattus, var. /3. 

 Fischer, Syn. Mam. 



Inhab. Thibet. 



a. A skin without skull. 



b. A skin of half-grown specimen, wanting part of the head and 



hind feet. 



c. A drawing of adult and young, t. 29. 



ELLIOT'S CAT. Leopardus Ellioti, Gray, Ann. N. H. 1842. 

 Cat. Mam. 44. Felis Nepalensis, Hodgs. J. A. S. B. i. 341, x. 

 918. P. Z. S. 1832, 12. F. Nipalensis, nee non Bengalensis, 

 Hodgs. J. A. S. B. xi. 1842, 276. F. Pardochrous, Hodgs. Calc. 

 J. N. H. iv. 386. 



Var. 1. Two series of oblong spots between the shoulders. 



a. An adult skin, without skull, feet in a bad state. 



b. A half-grown specimen, tail not in a good state. 



c. A finer skin of a half-grown specimen, with the spots suffused. 



Var. 2. With four series of small spots between the shoulders. 



d. A flat skin, without skull, not in a good state. 



e. A drawing of adult, with details of head, t. 23, copied t. 24, f. 1 . 

 /. A drawing of adult, t. 24, f. 2. 



g. Skull with orbit complete behind. 

 h. A skull with orbit interrupted behind. 

 g ? An adult specimen ; is it a tame cat ? 



Felis viverriceps, var. Hodgs. MSS. list. 



