268 DU. J. K. GRAY ON THE SKULLS OF THK FKLID^E. [Mar. 14, 



2. Catolynx charltoni. 



Felis charltoni, Gray, P. Z. S. 1856, p. 396. 



Hab. Nepal; DiiTJeeling (Charlton). 



The spotting of this species is rather different from that of F. tnar- 

 moratus ; they may be only local varieties. 



The separation of the nasals from the maxillaries is uniform in all 

 the six specimens of this skull in the British Museum Collection. 



** Skull elongate ; face and brain-case elongate. 



f 8. VlVERRICEPS, 



Head rather elongate. Ears rounded, not pencilled. Eyes noc- 

 turnal ; pupil erect, linear. Fur spotted. Tail moderate, tapering. 

 Skull elongate ; face produced, narrow above, concave on the sides 

 in front of the orbits ; orbits rather large, complete behind ; nasal 

 bones elongate, very narrow above. Canines conical, moderate. 



Asia. 



■f Skull elongate ; nose long. 



1. VlVERRICEPS BENNETTII. (Fig. 5.) 



Felis viverrina, Bennett, P. Z. S. 1833, p. 68. 

 F. viverriceps, Hodgson. 

 F. bengalensis, B. Hamilton. 

 F. himalayana, Jardine. 



F. celidogaster. Gray, List of Hodgson's Collection, B. M. (not 

 Temm.). 



Hab. East Indies. 



Pupil linear erect. — Hodgson. 



Skull : length 5 inches 5 lines, width 3 inches 8 lines. 



Fig. 5. 



Viverriceps hennettii. 



