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'** Skull ovate ; face short ; brain-case moderate. 



10. PELIS. 



Tail cylmdrical, elongate, sometimes shorter than the body. Ears 

 oblong, rounded at the tip, without any pencil of hairs. Pupil erect, 

 linear. Skull moderate ; face short, conical ; nose moderate, narrow 

 above behind, concave in front of the orbits; brain-case oblong, 

 broad; front upper false grinders distinct, small; orbits large, or 

 very large, incomplete. 



Felis, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 270. 



t Moderate-sized large-headed Cats, vnth lines of spots on the sides. 

 Pardalis, or Ocelots. 



Face of skull elongate. 



Pupil round, oblong, erect in sunlight. — Bartlett. 



1. Felis pardalis. S.M. 



Felis pardalis, Linn. ; Baird, Mam. N. A. p. 87, t. 72 (skull) ; Gray, 



P. Z. S. 1867, p. 270. 

 ? Felis armiUata, F. Cuvier. 

 ? Felis Griffithsii, H. Smith, 



Hah. America, tropical or subtropical. 

 Skull, adult, length 5-^, width 3| inches. 



2. Fells grisea. B.M. 



Leopardus griseus, Gray, Ann. 8f Mag. N. H. x. p. 260, 1842. 

 •Felis grisea, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 270, 403. 



Hah. Guatemala. 



Skull, adiflt, length 5|, width 3§ inches. Nose rather concave 

 on the sides before orbits. 



3. Felis melanura. B.M. 



Felis melanura. Ball, P. Z. S. 1844, p. 128; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, pp. 

 270, 403. 



Hah. America. 



Skull, adult, length 5|, width 3| inches. 



The skulls of these three species are very similar, only differing 

 a little in size ; perhaps they are only local varieties of the same 

 species. 



4. Felis picta. B.M. 



Leopardus pictus, Gray, Ann. ^ Mag. N. H. x. p. 260, 1842. 

 Felis picta, Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, pp. 271, 403. 



Hah. Central America. 



Skull, length 5j, width 3| inches. 



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