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1870.] MR. SWINHOE ON THE SKIN OF A MANTCHURIAN TIGER. 3 
dozen of specimens were captured in a small grotto. Most of them 
were young animals; there was only one full-grown male amongst 
them. All the specimens were thickly covered by a species of Myc- 
teribia ; but I was unable to classify it for want of literary apparatus. 
My identification of the Vespertilio mentioned rests on the memoir 
on American Bats published by Allen in vol. vii. of the Smithsonian 
Mise. Collect. 55. 
«‘ The last steamer from Ciudad Bolivar brought, amongst other 
things, a few specimens of the Fulgora laternaria, L. My corre- 
spondent repeats in his letter the fables the Indians relate with re- 
spect to this innocent insect; but though he mentions the most 
marvellous things, he does not speak of any emanations of light. I 
think such negative evidence is worthy to be taken notice of. 
“And last, but not least, I have to add a few lines with respect to 
a species of Sywilla which was captured by a fisherman at La Guayra, 
the sea-port of this town. It is certainly a species closely allied to 
Sq. mantis; but I think it different. There are no traces of the 
six dorsal lines ; the segments are perfectly smooth, whitish, with the 
exception of the anterior margin, which is of a greyish-blue colour. 
The posterior margin of the fifth gill-bearing articulation is mi- 
nutely toothed; the following shows teeth on both edges; and this 
last segment has in the middle an oval protuberance of a bluish-grey 
colour, 14 inch long, and nearly 4 inch broad. The posterior edge 
of the same segment has on each side three strong inwardly bent 
teeth, and, between these, two groups of united small teeth. The 
claws are armed with eight large teeth, excepting the large curved 
point of the claw. The carapace of the thorax has a deep and broad 
notch on the posterior edge, and four rather faintly impressed lon- 
gitudinal lines. The underside of the animal is white; there are 
distinct bluish markings at the root of the spines in the claws. 
Length 22 centim. from the point of insertion of the eyes to the pos- 
terior edge of the last segment. 
«I hope these indications will be sufficient for an identification of 
the animal with some described species. In case it should not be so, 
I will try to send you our specimen over to have it duly examined 
and described.” 

Mr. Swinhoe exhibited the skin of a Mantchurian Tiger (Felis 
tigris?), measuring 7 feet 8 inches from the nose to the root of the 
tail, and placed alongside of it the skin of a specimen from India. 
He pointed out that, with the exception of the face, which had as 
short hair as that of the Bengal Tiger, the whole of the body of the 
Mantchurian beast was covered with long softish hairs, and that there 
was a shaggy ruff about its neck. The specimen exhibited was of a 
pale colour, with the stripes narrow and indistinct, especially about 
the shoulders and the hips. Its tail had four narrow longitudinal 
streaks on the upper surface for the first foot of its length, the next 
foot was banded irregularly, and the terminal foot regularly, with 
black and flavescent, ending with a broad black tip. This was the 
northern race of Tiger, which was tracked by the hunters among 
