28 PELID^. 



Spots of the loins oblong, separate ; throat, chin, and beUy white, 

 black-spotted. Tail irregularly and incompletely ringed. 



Fells pardochrous, Hodgson, Calc. Journ. iv. p. 286 ; Horsfield, P. Z. S. 



1856, p. 396; Ch-ay, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 273. fig. 7, p. 400. 

 ■ Felis nepalensis, Hodgson, icon, ined. 



Hah. Nepal {Hodgson). 



Length, body and head 25, tail 12 inches. Skull, length 3 inches 

 11 lines, width 2 inches 8 Hnes. 

 Pupil linear, erect. — Hodgson. 



Var, Fur shorter, closer. B.M. 



Hab. Tenasserim. (Paohman). 



25. Felis teuasserimeiiBis. B.M. 



Fulvous, black-spotted ; chin and beneath white. Spots of the 

 body large, angular ; of shoulder round ; of thigh oblong ; of the 

 loins elongate, confluent ; of the back of the neck elongate, double 

 at the hinder part, and on the withers nearly enclosing a lanceolate 

 brown disk. 



Felis tenasserimensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 400. 



Hob. India ; Tenasserim {Packman'). 



Like F. pardoehroa, but larger ; spots of withers and loins very 

 different. 



26. Fells Jerdoni. B.M. 



Fur grey, with a few small distant black spots. Spots of sides 

 and legs roundish ; of central line of the back linear, rarely con- 

 fluent. Tail and feet darker grey-brown, scarcely spotted ; chin and 

 beneath white, black-spotted. 



Felis Jerdoni, Blyth, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 185 (not described) ; Ch-ay, 

 P. Z & 1867, pp. 274, 400. '^ ^ J , H, 



Leopardus sumatranus (var. grey), Oray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 43. 



Hab. Indian peninsula : Madras. Adult in British Museum. 



" Very like P. bengalensis, but smaller ; the ground-colour of the 

 upper part grey, untinged with fulvous " (Blyth). Size of F. ruhi- 

 ginosa. The " kitten " that Mr. Blyth refers to as being in the 

 British Museum is a nearly full-grown specimen. 



27. Pells Herschelii. B.M. 



Fulvous, black-spotted; streak on forehead and cheeks, chin 

 throat, and beneath yellowish white. Spots small, unequal-sized' 

 far apart ; of body oblong ; of legs round ; of loins elongate, some- 

 times confluent ; of withers oblong. 



Ohaua servalinus, Oray, Cat. Mamm. B. M. p. 45 (excl. ayu.). 

 Felis servalina, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 401 (not Ogilby).' 



Hah. India; "Zanzibar?" 



Like F. minuta, but spote smaller and further apart. 



