1906.] ON BOOTES OF THE LYNX FROM DEKBYSHIRE. 65 



b. Toes more than half-webbed. 



1. A tarsal fold i\^ hosii 



2. No tarsal fold. 



a. 'IVmpanum hidden N. parvipalmata. 



/3. Tympanum visible, its diameter less than that of the 

 eye ; two metatarsal tubercles. 

 * Fingers very slightly webbed at the base, the first 



equal to I of the second N. everetti. 



** Fingers very distinctl}' webbed at the base, the first 



equal to about ^ of the second JSf. hiherctdosa. 



*** Fingers ^ webbed, the web extending as a 

 margin to their tips ; the first equal to i of the 



second _. " JSf. guentheri. 



y. Tympanum visible, equal to the diameter of the eye ; 



only one metatarsal tubercle N. maorotis. 



IJ. Tibio-tarsal articulation reaching at least the end of the 

 snout. 



a. Tympanum visible, equal to f the diameter of the eye ... N. signata. 



b. Tj'mpanum hidden ; tibio-tarsal articulation reaching 



beyond the end of the snout N. maculafa. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IL 



Fig. 1. Nectopliryne hosii Blgr., p. 59, female, f nat. size. 1 a. Side view of head. 



2. Neetophryne everetti Blgr., p. 61, type. Nat. size. 2 a. Side view of 



head, X 1^. 



3. Neetophryne maorotis Blgr., p. 63, type. Nat. size. 3 a. Side view of 



head, X 2. 



4. Neetophryne tornieri Roux, p. 63, type. Nat. size. 4 a. Side view of 



head, X Ij. 



5. On some Bones of the Lynx from Cales Dale, Derbyshire. 

 By W. Storks Fox, M.A., F.Z.S. 



[Received October 25, 1905.] 



(Text-figure 26.) 



Remains of the Lynx have so rarely been found in the British 

 Isles, that the recent discovery of some in a Derbyshire cave will, 

 I hope, be considered to be worth recording. The history of the 

 two former finds maybe briefly stated. About the year 1866, the 

 hinder portion of a skull and the right ramus of the lower jaw of 

 this species were discovered in Pleasley Vale, on the borders of 

 Derbyshu-e and Nottinghamshii'e, and are now in the Nottingham 

 University Museum. Some fourteen years later a humerus and a 

 metatarsal of the same species were found in Teesdale by the late 

 Mr. James Backhouse, and are still in his son's museum at York. 

 Thus, until the Gales Dale cave was worked, only four bones of 

 Lynx had been found in the British Islands. I have been unable 

 to obtain any information about the excavation in Cales Dale 

 previous to 1897, but my own find there consists of 36 bones and 

 teeth of Lynx, about half of this number being metapodials and 

 phalanges. 



The cave lies on the west side of Cales Dale, a small dale 

 branching from the south side of Lathkil Dale, at a point a.bout 

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