1876.] W. T. Blanford— Description of Felis Shawiana. 49 



bifoliatus, DeHaan, etc. — a little group all the members of which are dis- 

 tinguished, amongst other things, by having the tibia? and the first tarsal joint 

 of the fore-legs raised into sharp foliaceous crests. This section of the 

 genus is represented in India by L. brevipes, which is said to be a native 

 of the Malabar coast, the fauna of which is well-known to be largely leavened 

 with Malay forms. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE XL 

 Fig. 1. The male, of the natural size. 2. The three terminal segments of the 

 abdomen, seen from the side, x 2. 3. Do., from below, x 3. 4. The terminal 

 segment, from below, greatly enlarged so as to show the structure of the forceps. 5. 

 The female, of the natural size. 6. The five terminal segments of the abdomen, 

 seen from the side, of the natural size. 



V. — Description of Felis Shawiana, a neio Lyncine Cat from Eastern 

 Turkestan. — By W. T. Blanfokd, F. B. $., Sfc. 



(Eeceived June 2nd ; — Eead June 7th, 1876.) 



Amongst the collections made by the late Dr. Stoliczka in Eastern 

 Turkestan, was an imperfect skin of a cat. Although I thought it probable 

 that it belonged to an undescribed form, there was a bare possibility that it 

 might be a specimen of a species inhabiting Western Turkestan and describ- 

 ed by Dr. J. E. Gray in 1873* as Chaus caudatus. The tail was certainly 

 much shorter than was represented in Dr. Gray's figtire, but this might have 

 been due in part at least to a portion having been lost. Accordingly, in the 

 list of the collections piiblished in last year's Journal,f I noted the species 

 as Felis sp, near F. par dim ( ? Chaus caudatus, Gray). 



Becently two additional skins of the same cat have been brought from 

 Yarkand, one by Mr. Shaw and the other by Dr. Scully. Both have been 

 entrusted to me for examination and description. Neither is perfect, but 

 Mr. Shaw's specimen only wants the paws, and the whole skeleton has been 

 preserved with the skin. It is evident that the species is quite distinct 

 from Chaus caudatus, the tail being considerably shorter and the skull of 

 quite a different form. I propose to name this interesting species after 



antenna? are long and setaceous and much longer than those of its supposed partner, in 

 which the first joint of the fore tarsi is sharply crested, and in which the head is armed 

 with foliaceous horns ; but it will, I feel confident, prove to be the opposite sex of an 

 insect closely allied to lonchodes (olim Bacillus) cuniculus (conf. P. A. S. B., 1873, p. 149 ; 

 and A. and M. N. H., 4th. Ser., 1873, Vol. XII, p. 348). A fine specimen of L. Crawan- 

 gemis, ? , has been sent by my native collector from Johore, in the Malay peninsula. 



* P. Z. S. 1874, p. 31. PI. VI, VII. 



t J. A. S. B., 1875, XLIV. Pt. 2, p. 106. 

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