1867.] DR. J. E. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF THE FELIDiG. 265 



Var. Leopardus hernandezi, Gray, P. Z. S. 1857, p. 278, t. 18; 

 Blainv. Osteogr. Felis, t. 3. 



Hab. South America. 



Pupil rouud. — Bartlett. 



Skull : nasals broad, their hinder end and the back edge of maxillae 

 nearly on a line ; forehead convex ; nose broad, flat above ; orbit 

 with a prominence in the middle of the front or nasal edge. Length 

 1) inches, width 6 inches. 



Var. Black. — Skull : length 9^ inches, width 6f inches. Brazil. 



f f Large one-coloured Cats. 



5. Leopardus auratus. 

 Felis aiirata, Temm. 



F. chrysothrix, Temm. 



F. moormensis et F. murtnensis, Hodgson. 



Junior. F. te^nminckii, Vigors. 



Hab. Himalaya, Sum.atra; Borneo. 



Pupil round. — Hodgson. 



6. Leopardus concolor. 

 Felis concolor, Linn. 



F. discolor, Schreb. 



F. puma, Shaw. 



F.fulva, Brisson. 



Puma, Penn. 



Blainv. Oste'ogr. Felis, t. 6 ; Baird, Mam. N. A. t. 71 (skull). 



Var. Black. 



Hab. North and South America. 



Pupil round. — Bartlett. 



Skull : length 7j^ inches, width b'^ inches. 



Nasals rather narrow, with a central sunken line rather behind the 

 back end of maxillee ; cheeks in front of the orbits rather concave ; 

 the upper part of the intermaxilla much produced up the side of 

 the nasal for one-third the length of that bone. 



5. Neofelis. 



Skull elongate ; face broad, rather produced, on the same plane 

 as the forehead. Nasal large, elongate. Orbit moderate, very in- 

 complete behind. Lower jaw truncated and high in front. Canine 

 teeth, upper and lower, very long, conical, with a sharp cutting 

 hinder edge ; the front upper and lower false grinders distinct, early 

 deciduous. The front lateral process of the frontal bone rather 

 elongate. The binder entrance to the nostrils very narrow, elon- 

 gate ; sides parallel ; front edges rounded. Pupil round {Hodgson'), 

 oblong erect {Bartlett). 



Tbis skull most nearly resembles tliat of the celebrated fossil Felis 

 smitodon (Blainv. Osteogr. Felis, t. 20), with a very much elongated 

 upper canine. 



