238 Mr. O. Thomas on Neotropical Mammals. 
the general ground-colour. Under surface brownish clay- 
colour, dull whitish on the chin; chest and groins scarcely 
lighter at all, instead of the white of true pardinoides. 
Hands and feet dull brownish clay-colour, some fine spots 
present on the metapodials. Tail much blacker above than in 
the southern form, the black rings very broad, and the light 
ones (of which about 8 or 9 may be counted) very narrow ; 
below, on the other hand, it is clay-colour for three fourths its 
length, with indistinct black annulations, the tip broadly 
black-ringed. 
Dimensions of the type, measured in skin :— 
Head and body 505 millim.; tail 290; hind foot 105 ; 
ear 39. 
Hab. Volean de Irazu, Costa Rica. 
Type. B.M. no. 78. 7.6.3. Collected by Mr. Rogers and 
presented by F. DuCane Godman, Esq. 
The skull of this cat is unfortunately lost, but as its 
relationship to /. pardinoides is quite clear, I nevertheless 
venture to describe it. It differs from that animal by its 
much darker and richer general colour, especially its darker 
underside and darker limbs, its softer fur, and the great 
breadth of the black bands of the upper surface of its tail. 
Felis pardinoides andina, subsp. n. 
Intermediate in general colour between /. p. oncilla and 
the typical pardinoides, the upper surface and limbs more as 
in the former, though slightly lighter, the under surface with 
the white chin, throat, chest, and groins of true pardinoides. 
Fur quite soft, markedly softer and richer than in pardi- 
noides. ‘Tail coloured about as in pardinoides, not with the 
broad black bands of oncilla. 
Skull decidedly larger than in pardinotdes ; nasals longer ; 
frontal region broader ; mesopterygoid fossa longer, mainly 
owing to the palate ending rather further forward, almost 
level with the back of the molar ; bulle: comparatively small. 
Teeth, especially carnassials, large and heavy. 
Dimensions of the type, measured in skin :— 
Head and body 520 millim. ; tail 290; hind foot 109 ; 
ear 41. 
Skull: greatest length 86 ; basal length 73°5 ; zygomatic 
breadth 53°5 ; length of nasals 18; interorbital breadth 14 ; 
tip to tip of postorbital processes 36 ; postorbital constriction 
28; breadth of brain-case 41; palate length 30; outside 
length of p* 10°7. 
Type. (Apparently) male. B.M. no. 77. 4.3.4. Collected 
by Mr. Clarence Buckley. 
