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it is a large Cat closely allied to, if not identical with that animal, 

 but certainly distinct from the Cut before the Meeting. 

 " The admeasurements of this species are as follows : 



Feet. Inches. 



Head and body 1 11 



Head from nose to occiput, following 1 r. r i 



the arch of the skull J ^ 



Tail 1 31 



Height at shoulder 10^ 



Total length 3 2-i 



" It may be observed, that the individual is adult, as proved by 

 the state of the dentition; its colouring agrees closely with that de- 

 tailed by Sir W. Jardine. The ground tint is rusty grey the rufous 

 tinge prevailing on the top of the head down the middle of the back, 

 over the cheeks, chest, scapulse, fore limbs, and thighs. On the top 

 of the head are two longitudinal markings of black inclosing a space 

 cut up by irregular small rings or dashes of black, and external to 

 these begin two decided black lines (commencing over each eye), 

 which become broader on the occiput and back of the neck, on 

 which latter part they converge, but do not come in contact with 

 each other; they then sweep over the top of each shoulder blending 

 with the markings of the body. 



" Continued from the first-described central markings on the head, 

 there runs between these two decided stripes a broken line, as- 

 suming between the shoulders the form of elongated open fepots, and 

 ultimately a black dorsal stripe continued to the base of the tail ; 

 on the haunches, however, it divides into two parallel stripes. The 

 ears are short and somewhat rounded, black at the tips, grey in the 

 centre, and black at and around their base ; beyond the black mark 

 at their base, there is a space of dusky grey, which merges into the 

 colour of the neck. The sides of the neck, scapulae, fore and hind 

 limbs, are thickly spotted with black. The sides of the body are 

 marbled with obliquely longitudinal marks of dark grey, each mark 

 having an irregular margin of black. 



" The lower angle of each eye is black, and two black lines cross 

 the cheek, passing into a throat-mark carried across beneath the 

 angle of the lower jaw; below this is a similar mark but more in- 

 definite ; the chest is spotted with black. The abdomen is dirty white 

 which is crossed by rows of black spots in regular order. The upper 

 surface of the tail is grey, the lower yellowish grey ; it is marbled 

 by spots of black forming indistinct rings, which, towards the tip, 

 assume a more definite character; the extremity being black. The 

 fur of the body is moderate and sleek; on the tail it is full and soft. 



" For this beautiful species of Cat I venture to propose the title of 

 Felis marmorata. Though inferior in size to the Felis macrocelis, 

 this species is related to it, not only in the style of the markings 

 of the fur, but in the elongation of its form, and the length and 

 thickness of the tail; it is a Rimau Day an in miniature; nor, though 

 larger than the Felis Bengalensis, is it less allied to that species, be- 

 tween which and the former it constitutes an intermediate grade." ■ 



