12. LYNOTIS. 37 



bits, according to Mr. Hodgson, the central and lower regions of 

 Kepal. There is a well-stuffed adult specimen of this Cat in the 

 British Museum ; it is a magnificent animal. 



Giildenstadt's description and figure of the Felis chaus from the 

 shores of the Caspian (Nov. Comm. Acad. Petrop. xx. p. 483, t. 14) 

 agree with this animal in most particulars, and represent the short 

 tail of the genus Ohaus, the tail being rather more than one-fonrth 

 of the entire length of the body, or one-third of the length of the 

 body and head (30-f-ll in.). The fur is described as "fusco-lutes- 

 oens, guise et regionis umbiEcalis albidus ; pectoris et abdominis di- 

 lute rufescens." In the figure the underpart is represented as much 

 paler than this description justifies, or than may have been intended. 

 Otherwise it is a good representative of the Nepal animal. I have 

 not seen any specimen from the Caspian. The red ear is common 

 to the Nepali'', affkiis and most specimens of JP". caligata from Africa. 



Tribe II. Lynxes— LYNCINA. 



Head short, subglobidar. Legs elongate, the hind ones longest. 

 Tail short, or very short. Ears pencilled at the tip. Pupils of eyes 

 oblong. The face of the skull short ; the lateral processes of the 

 intermaxiRse and the frontal bones elongate, nearly reaching each 

 other, and separating the nasals from the maxillse. The orbits in- 

 complete, large ; the lobes on the inner side of the upper flesh-tooth 

 moderate-sized. 



12. LYNCUS. 



Tail very short. Limbs elongate. 



* Pads of feet overgrown with hair. Animal large. Lynx. 



1. Lyncus borealis. B.M. 



Felis lynx, Blainv. Osteog. Felis, t 3 (skull) ; Bladiis, W. E. p. 173, 



f. 106 (skull). 

 Lyncus borealis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 275. 



Hah. Northern Europe and Asia. 



2. Lyncus lupnlinus. B.M. 



Felis lupulina, Thunh. 



Lyncus lupulinus, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 376. 



Hah. Northern Europe ; Sweden. 



3. Lyncus canadensis. B.M. 



Felis canadensis, Oeoffr. 



Lyncus canadensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 278. 



Hah. North America. 



