24 I'BLID^. 



with large brown spots ; tail moderate, nearly half the length of the 

 body, red-brown, with a dark central line down the upper surface, 

 paler with obscure indications of bands on the sides. _ . 



Hah. Sierra Leone. Type and two other specimens in British 

 Museum. 



The skull of this species is in the British Museum. It is oblong; 

 the orbit rather large, incomplete behind ; the intermaxillary pro- 

 duced and extending halfway up the side of the nasal ; the upper 

 front false grinder very small. Length 4|, width 3J inches. Very 

 like that of F. serval, but smaller. 



15. Felis neglecta. B.M. 



Felis neglecta, Gray, Ann. Sf Mag. N. H. 1838, i. p. 27; P. Z. 8. 

 1860, p. 246 ; 1867, pp. 272, 395. 



Grey ; head and body marked with numerous small darker spots, 

 spots of the lower part of the sides rather larger ; belly white, with 

 large blackish spots ; taU quite half the length of the body, with a 

 dark line along the upper surface, sides paler, with obscure indica- 

 tions of darker bands. 



Hob. Gambia (Bendal). The typical skin in British Museum. 



16. Fells servalina. B.M. 



Fur fulvous, beneath white, middle of the back darker, with very 

 numerous small black spots, spots on sides rather larger, on the beUy 

 much larger ; tail short, fulvous, with five or six imperfect black 

 rings and a pale tip. 



FeUs servalina, OgiWy, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 4; Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, 

 p. 395 (not Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, p. 4()1). 



Ifab. Sierra Leone. Three skins in British Museum. 



17. Felis celidogaster. 



Felis celidogaster, Temm. Monoqr. i. p. 140 ; Esquiss. Zool. p. 87 



(not Gray) ; Gray, P. Z. 8. 1867, pp. 272, 395. 

 Felis chalybeata, H. 8mith (not good). 



Hob. Guinea {Mus. Leyden). 



Temminck has described a Cat purchased at the sale of Bidlock's 

 Museuin in Piccadilly under the name of Felis celidogaster (Monogr. 

 Mamm. i. 140), stating that he believes that it inhabits ChUi or Peru 



(more lately it has been believed that it might be an Indian Cat 



the Felis viverrina of Bennett, for example) ; but no Cat of the kind 

 is known in those countries. In his ' Esquisses ' he has redescribed 

 the species from a specimen received from Guinea. The following 

 is a translation of his description : — 



" Felis celidogaster, Temm. Monogr. i. 140 ; Esquisses Zool. 87. 



" Felis chalybeata, H. 8mith, Griffith, A. K. ii. t. (not good). 

 " Tail l:ather shorter than half the length of thp body and head. 

 Length of body and head 26, tail 14 inches =3 feet 4 inches. 



