14 FELIB^. 



Hah. Himalaya {Hodgson) ; Malacca (Temm.) ; Siam. 



Pupil oval. — Barilett. 



Skull : length 7| inches, width 4| inches. 



Var. Smaller. Skull, length 5 inches, width 3| inches (adult). 

 Hah. Siam. 



2. Weofelis brachyurus. B.M. 



Leopardus brachyxu-us, Stvinhoe, P. Z. S. 1862, p. 352, t. 43. 

 Neofelis brachyurus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 265. 



Hab. Formosa (Swinhoe). 



B. Nocturnal Cats. — T/ie pupil of the eye oblong or linear erect when con- 

 tracted; the eyeball large. The orbits of the shuU large for the size of 

 tlieface. The nose of the skull generally short, compressed above behind, 

 with a more or less marked concavity in front of the orbits. — Gray, 

 P. Z. S. 1867, p. 266. 



In some genera and species the orbits of the eyeballs are much 

 larger, compared with the size of the face and skull, than in others. 



* Skull short and high. 

 6. PARDALINA. 

 Face round. Eyes moderate; pupU — ? Skull short, high ; face 

 short ; forehead arched in front ; brain-case swollen, short ; orbits 

 moderate, incomplete behind. First upper false grinder small. 

 Canines conical, moderate. Hinder aperture to the nose truncated 

 in front. 



Pardalina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 266. 



This genus differs from Leopardus in having a much shorter-faced 

 skull. 



Pardalina Warwickii. B.M. 



Fur short, dusky whitish brown; chin, streak on cheek, and 

 throat white ; chest and underside paler, black-spotted ; crown and 

 nape with four, cheek with two, and between the withers one black 

 streak ; the four feet and body covered with very numerous, equi- 

 distant, nearly equal-sized small black spots ; throat, chest, upper 

 part of the inside and outside of fore and hind legs black-banded • 

 tail spotted at the lower half, ringed at the end, with a black tip ; 

 ears black, with a large white spot. 



Leopardus himalayanug, Grayj'Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 44. 



"Felis himalayanus, Warwick," Jardine's Nat. Libr. t. 24 (not 

 good). 



Felis viverrina, var., Blyth. 



Pardalina Warwickii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 267. 



Hah. Himalaya {Gross, WarwicJc). 



Skull short, broad, length 4^ inches, width 3 inches 2 lines ; face 

 short, broad ; nasals moderately broad ; forehead convex, rhombic ; 



