Spotted Cats of Asia and its Islands. 55 



from Sumatra, Dr. Horsfield calling it Felis sumatrana ; and 

 I placed with it another specimen received from Jeude's col- 

 lection in Holland under the same name. The two specimens 

 agree in having a short scarcely spotted tail, and may be a 

 variety of that species. Mr. Elliot (P. Z. S. 1871, p. 760) 

 observes that "Blyth's species [F. Jerdoni] is only a dark form 

 of i^. ruhigiyiosa,^'' and says tliat Mr. Blyth agrees with him ! 



How any zoologist could believe that the short-tailed short- 

 headed Felis Jerdoni, with distinct spots, could be the same as 

 the long-tailed, long-headed, and striped Felis ruhiginosa is a 

 mystery to me. I believe that their skulls would show that 

 they belong to different genera. The long-headed Felis ruhi- 

 ginosa has a long, very peculiar skull, with complete orbits, 

 and belongs to the genus Viverrice^s, to which Felis Jerdoni 

 shows no relation. 



ft Sj)Ot$ of bod)/ elongate, hmjer. Fur soft. 



Felis minutaj Cat. Carniv. p. 26. no. 19. 

 Felis sumatrana^ Horsfield. 

 Hah. Sumatra. B.M. 



Felis Herschelii, Cat. Carniv. p. 28. no. 27. 

 Felis servali7ia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 401. 



The spots as in F. minuta, but smaller and further apart, and 

 the ones on the shoulder larger and confluent, and on the 

 hinder part of the dorsal line in broader lines. 



Hah. India? B.M. 



The spots are somewhat like those of the next section ; but 

 the tail is short, like that of the Sumatran cat. 



II. Tail cylindrical, blunt, as long as the body, with dark, more or 

 less confluent spots. The body with irregular-shaj^ed dark 

 blotches. Continental India. 



a. The blotches of the body oblong, solid, or very nearly so. 



Felis wagati, Cat. Carniv. p. 29. no. 28. 

 Hah. India. B.M. 



Felis pardochroa, Cat. Carniv. p. 28. no. 24. 

 Hah. Nepal. B.M. 



Felis tenasseriniensis, Cat. Carniv. p. 28. no. 25. 

 Hah. India, Tenasserim. B.M. 



