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f f Skull : nose shorter, concave on sides. 



2. ViVERRICEPS PLANICEl'S. (Fig. 6.) 



Felis planiceps, Vigors & Horsfield, Zool. Journ. vii. t. 2 ; Blainv. 

 Ostcogr. Felis, t. 9. 



F. diardli, Crawfurd. 



Hah. Malacca; Sumatra; Borneo. 



Skull elongate ; crown flat, rhombic ; face rather produced, broad ; 

 the orbits moderate, complete behind. Length of adult 3f[ inches, 

 width 2 inches 5 lines. Very like that of F. viverrina. 



Fig. G. 



Viverriceps plan iceps. 



3. ViVERRICEPS ELLIOTI. 



Leopardus ellioti, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. x. p. 200. 



F. benf/alensis, var., Blyth 1 



Hah. Madras. 



Skull elongate ; crown flat, rhombic ; face concave in front of the 

 orbits ; orbits moderately complete behind. 



The skull very like that of F. rubiyinosa, but larger, 3 inches 

 10 lines long and 2 inches 7 lines wide. 



4. ViVERRICEPS RUBIGINOSA. 



Felis rubiginosa, I. GeofFr. Voy. Bclangcr, t. 

 Hub. India ; Madras, 



Skull 2 inches 10 lines long, 2 inches wide at the back of the 

 zygomatic arch ; crown flat, rhombic. 



/ 9. Pajeros. 



Head elongate. Ears rounded. Pupil round 1 ? Skull elongate 

 and swollen behind ; face short, broad ; orbits moderate, incomplete 



