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If in the future it be shown that the two live side by side in the 

 same locality, the fact might be cited as evidence either of their 

 specific distinctness or of their dimorphic nature. It will be opposed 

 to the view that they are subspecific forms. The best evidence for 

 the latter will be the discovery of truly intermediate types ; and 

 the best evidence for their dimorphism will perhaps be the 

 occurrence of the two types in the same litter of kittens known to 

 be the j)rogeny of parents resembling each other in pattern. 



The skins I have had an opportunity of examining seem to show 

 that F. servalina is itself represented by geographical races. Of 

 these I recognise four, namely, the typical race from Sierra Leone, 

 a second from Monbuttu, a third from Uganda (Entebbe), and a 

 fourth from Mombasa. 



These may be diagnosed as follows : — 



Subspecies servalina Ogilby. 



Ground-colour olive-yellow ; fore part of shoulders, top and 

 sides of neck unspotted. Behind the unspotted area the spots are 

 at first faint but become gradually more and more distinct 

 posteriorly along the back. 



Log. Sierra Leone. (Type, B. M. no. 55.12.29.412.) 



The type is a native-prepared skin without the head. The two 

 native-made skins, also headless, brought back by Winwood Reade 

 and labelled Senegambia are much like the type, but one of them 

 shows markings on the neck. 



Subspecies pantasticta, nov. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 3.) 



Difiers from the typical F. s. servalina in having the neck (and 

 also the head) distinctly streaked longitudinally and the shoulders 

 as thickly and as distinctly spotted as the back and sides. More- 

 over, the ground-colour is of a richer yellow hue. 



Loc. Uganda: Entebbe. (Type, B. M. no. 6.3.10.1, E. A. 

 Minchin.) 



A very beautifully marked example of this race, labelled 

 " Uganda," was jiresented to the Society on June 4th, 1898, by 

 Mr. F. G. Hall, and lived eight years in the Gardens. 



This example is somewhat more richly coloured than the type 

 from Entebbe, possibly because the latter is slightly more faded. 

 The difference in tint between these Uganda specimens and the 

 earlier procui'ed examples referred to the tyj^ical subspecies may 

 also be due to fading of the latter. On the other hand, exaraples 

 of the true Serval from Uganda appear to be more richly tinted 

 than those from Senegal ; and the same may be the case with the 

 Servaline Cats. 



Subspecies poliotricha, nov. 



F. servalina Thos. P. Z. S. 1888, p. 5. 



Dorsal area olive-grey ; sides of the body and thighs markedly 

 greyish, the pale distal portion of the hairs being almost white 

 instead of yellow as in the other subspecies ; front of the fore and 



