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hind legs also less yellow ; and on the sides of the body the stripes 

 run more definitely into wavy longitudinal streaks, their arrange- 

 ment being more regular than in the others. Head and neck 

 distinctly streaked and shoulders spotted as in F. s. pantasticta. 

 Log. Monbuttu. (Type, B. M. no. 87.12.1.5, Fmin Pasha.) 



Subspecies liposticta, nov. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4.) 



Distinguishable at once from the typical and other subspecies 

 of F. servalina by the evanescence of the sj)ots on the dorsal area 

 of the body, at least the median third of the flat skin being 

 practically self-coloured almost like that of F. chaus. Low down 

 on the sides and on the white of the belly there are a few rather 

 indistinct dusky spots. On the thighs and shoulders the spots 

 appear at a somewhat higher level than on the body, and gradually 

 increase in size and blackness towards the elbow and hock. The 

 neck is at most very faintly lined, but there are practically no 

 spots on the forehead or cheeks. The tail is confusedly spotted 

 above proximally and marked Avith narrow bai's distally. The 

 general colour is a tawny yellow with an ashy tinge. 



Loc. Mombasa. • 



A single young female specimen was presented to the Society by 

 the Rev. Ernest Millar on June 23rd, 1897 and died on the 14th 

 of July of the same year. The flat skin from the ears to the roots 

 of the tail measures 23 English inches. The skull shows that the 

 animal was just changing its teeth. The permanent canines and 

 carnassials of the upper jaw are half through, the molars are 

 fully formed ; the milk carnassials are still in place. In the lower 

 jaw the carnassials (molars) are in place, and the two milk 

 premolars still present on one side, though on the left the anterior 

 is gone : the canines are both half up. In both upper and lower 

 jaws the permanent incisors appear to be fully formed. The length 

 of the lower permanent carnassial is 10 mm., of the upper 13. 



It is possible that this specimen was not actually caught at 

 Mombasa. Since Mombasa, however, was the port of shipment, 

 it is probable that the Cat came from British East Africa, 

 perhaps from some place on the Mombasa to Uganda Railway. 



The characters of the four subspecies may be tabulated as 

 follows : — 

 a. Back from behind shoulders to root of tail without distinct 



spots or stripes liposticta. 



«\ Back thickly and distinctly spotted, with a narrow median 

 spinal stripe usually traceable. 

 h. Fore part of shoulders, sides and upper sui-face of neck 



practically unspotted and unstiiped servalina. 



6'. Fore part of shoulders as thickly spotted as the back ; 

 upper side of neck longitudinally streaked. 

 c. Sides of the body and thighs with ground-colour a rich 



tawny yellow pantasticta. 



c\ Sides of the body and thighs with ground-colour decidedly 

 grey jpoliotricha. 



