FELIS SPELtEA. 11 



The shaft of the pubis (/, m) is convex externally and flat internally, and in some of 

 the fossil specimens is proportionally more massive than in those of the lion and tiger, 

 with which they have been compared. The acetabulum is proportionally larger, and the 

 cotyloid notch (i^) shorter in the spelaean than in the recent lion. 



With these two exceptions, a close comparison of the spelsean ossa innominata with 

 those of the recent large carnivora proves that the only difference between the pelvis of 

 F. spelaa and F. leo and F. tigris is one of merely size. We are unable to detect any 

 specific differences between the pelves of the two latter animals. 



We have given a figure (fig. 2) of the pelvis of F. tigris in the British Museum, three 

 fourths of the natural size, to show the far greater size of that of the Felis spelcea. 



