lishing a ' falma of Nepal.' These drawings he presented to the 

 British Museum along with his large collection of specimens ; and 

 I find that the eyes of the Leopard, the Ounce, the Tortoise-shell 

 Tiger (^F, macrocelis), and the Murma Cat (F. murmensis) are re- 

 presented with round pupils. The Viverrine Cat of the Tarai (F. 

 viverriceps, Hodgs.), the small Nepal Cat {F. nepalensis and F. par- 

 doehrous, Hodgs.), the F. nigripectus, the Chaus {Chaus lyUcus), 

 and the Lynx of Thibet {Lynx isahellina, Blyth) are all represented 

 with linear erect pupils. 



Mr. Bartlett, in reply to my inquiries, kindly observes, " A great 

 difSculty exists in determining the form of the pupils in die eyes of 

 many of the Cats, as in some lights and conditions they are all round ; 

 it depends upon the light and other causes that you find them some- 

 times oblong. But, from careful and oft-repeated observation of the 

 following list, I feel safe in saying that in the Ocelot, Puma, Jaguar, 

 Leopard, Tiger, Lion, and Cheetah they are round, and in the 

 Caracal, Clouded Tiger, Chaus, and Serval are oval. 



" There are no others on your list that I can speak of with cer- 

 tainty." 



" P.S. In my former list I told you the Ocelot had a round pupU. 

 I have this day had the animal in the sunlight, and I must say the 

 pupU of the Ocelot is oblong when exposed to the bright sunlight."- 



Tribe I. True Cats— FELINA. 



The head oblong ; face shghtly produced. Legs moderate, nearly 

 of equal length. The skull oblong ; intermaxiUse and frontal bones 

 with short processes, which extend between the ends of the nasal 

 bones and the maxillie. The front upper false grinder small (rarely 

 deciduous and wanting). 



Felina, Ch-ay, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 261. 



A. Diurnal Cats. — The eyes diurnal, with a round pupH. The orbits of 

 the shuU moderate-sized, compared with the sine of the skull; face of 

 the shuU elongate, high, hroad,fiaUefned above. 



* Forehead of skull suddenly elevated above the line of the face. 



1. UNCIA. 



Skull broad; face broad, short, flat above; forehead suddenly 

 raised ; crown convex in front and on the sides, concave behind ; 

 nasal bones broad, short, not reaching so far back as the upper edge 

 of the maxillsB ; upper processes of the intermaxillse rather elongate 

 extending about one-tMrd up the sides of the nasals ; orbits mode- 

 rate, incomplete behind ; canines conical, moderate; zygomatic arches 

 very strong and high. 



Uncia, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 262. 



This genus is at once known from the Lion, Tiger, Leopard, and 



