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two legs, the hinder extremities being entirely wanting. The latter, Col. Hallam 

 states, were observed " afea town on the coast in the Tanjore country, in the year 

 1795 : they were from a father and mother of a similar make, and the pigs bred 

 from them were the same." 



June 11, 1833. 

 Specimens were exhibited of various Mammalia, Birds, and Reptiles, from the 

 continent of India, which had been recently presented to the Society by Thomas 

 Heath, Esq. Mr. Bennett observed on the several objects, pointing out especially 

 the more interesting among them. They included an individual apparently refer - 

 rible to the Semnopithecus cucullatus, Isid. Geoff. St.-Hil., although darker in all 

 its markings than is indicated in the description given by the original observer of 

 the species. They also included a species of Felis, of a size intermediate between 

 the larger and the smaller animals of that genus, and having in its grey colour and 

 longitudinal striping a general external resemblance to some of the Viverrce. This 

 Mr. Bennett regarded as new to science, and proposed to designate it 



Felis viverrinus. Fel. fulvo-cinereus, subtiis albescens ; capite,nuchd,dorso, 



genis, guldque nigra vittatis ; lateribus, ventre, pedibusque nigro maculatis. 

 Long, corporis cum capite, 33 unc. ; Cauda mutilse, 7 ; auricula, 1§. 

 The prevailing colour of the upper surface is a rather deep yellowish grey, 

 the separate hairs being dusky at the base, yellowish in the middle, and having 

 short black tips. The black lines and spots are formed of hairs destitute of yellow, 

 and having the black tips of much greater length. A longitudinal black band 

 passes on each side from the inner canthws of the eye above the ear nearly to the 

 shoulder ; a second, more internally, passes to the same distance backwards, and 

 is somewhat interrupted anteriorly ; and between this and its fellow on the vertex 

 is the vestige of a median line, which on the forehead is broken up into a double 

 row of spots ; these and the two adjoining lines subdivide in front into numerous 

 very small spots between the eyes. Two black lines pass downwards obliquely on 

 either side from below the eye, over the angle of the jaw ; and from their termi- 

 nations on each side there passes a transverse band across the throat : the space 

 between these lines is nearly white, as is also a stripe over each eye, and the whole 

 of the under jaw and chin. There is a large black spot surrounding the base of 

 the ear posteriorly, and the ear is also tipped with black. The long, linear, mark- 

 ings of the back are disposed in about five interrupted, longitudinal bands, and 

 some of the spots on the sides assume a linear form. Of these the most remark- 

 able are, one on each side of the neck, and an oblique wavy band on the shoulder. 

 The spots on the sides generally approach a rounded shape, and form, posteriorly, 

 four or five interrupted longitudinal rows. Those of the under surface are larger, 

 aud are arranged without order. On the fore limbs the spots are small externally, 

 and internally there are on each two large transverse black patches. On the hinder 

 limbs the spots are arranged so as to form interrupted transverse bands on both 

 surfaces. The hairs of the soles of the feet are dusky brown. The tail is spotted 

 above in the same manner as the sides ; its colour beneath is uniform. The spots 

 are throughout numerous. The whiskers are white, and take their origin from 

 three black lines on either side. 



The species is nearly allied to Felis Serval, Schreb., but will readily be distin- 

 guished by the characters above given, by the comparative shortness and strength 

 of its limbs, and by the locality whence it was obtained. 



Col. Sykes reminded the Society that, in submitting his catalogue of the Mam. 

 malia observed in Dukhun, East Indies, he took occasion to comment on th* 



