LS76.] W. T. Blanford— Description of Felis Shawiana. 51 



Metre Inches 



Length of suture between nasal bones, - 025 . 1* 



Greatest diameter of bony orbit, •032 1 25 



Length of bony palate behind incisors, "041 l - 63 



Length of mandible, '073 2-88 



Height of do. from the angle to the top of the 



coronoid process, "033 1*3 



Length of femur, „ '140 5'52 



„ of tibia, -141 5-57 



„ of humerus, '126 4"95 



„ 'of radius, '133 5"26 



Compared with the skull of Felis chaus, that of F. Shawiana is' com- 

 paratively longer, it has the nasal portion more elongate, the face less con- 

 vex, the breadth . behind the postorbital processes less, whilst the processes 

 themselves are longer and project farther. The true lynxes have an even 

 shorter and more convex skull and so have the smaller typical cats. The skull 

 of Chaus caudatus approximates to that of the true cats, being rounder and 

 shorter than that of F. Chaus. The only skull I can find which approaches 

 in form to that of Felis Shawiana belongs to F. viverrina, the type of 

 Gray's genus Yiverriceps, a cat with a peculiarly long head. 



Felis Shawiana is distinguished externally from F. (Chaus) caudata 

 by its much shorter tail, from F. Chaus by being spotted throughout, and 

 from F. torqmta {F. ornata, Gray) by its shorter tail, more rufous 

 colouration, and distinct black spots on the abdomen. It is very different 

 from F. eujptilura* which has red spots on the sides and rufous bars across 

 the breast. 



* Elliot, P. Z. S., 1871, p. 758, PI. LXXVI. 



