. Catalogue of the Genus Felis. 98 lias the wool of the upper side and the lower surface brighter than in the $, but the leg stripes are not so strong. The hind foot is black to the hock behind, as in the topotype from Mpika; but in a specimen shot by S. A. Neave in the Loangwa Valley or Broken Hill, Rhodesia, which is paler below than in the two from Mpika, the hind foot is black in its lower half only. Two young skins from Nyasaland are doubtfully referred to this race. One, from Zomba (A. Sharpe, ), has the pattern above more distinct than in the Rhodesian series, and the ears are
. Catalogue of the Genus Felis. 98 lias the wool of the upper side and the lower surface brighter than in the $, but the leg stripes are not so strong. The hind foot is black to the hock behind, as in the topotype from Mpika; but in a specimen shot by S. A. Neave in the Loangwa Valley or Broken Hill, Rhodesia, which is paler below than in the two from Mpika, the hind foot is black in its lower half only. Two young skins from Nyasaland are doubtfully referred to this race. One, from Zomba (A. Sharpe, ), has the pattern above more distinct than in the Rhodesian series, and the ears are darker. Another, from the Upper Shire (A. Whyte, ), resembles the last in the distinctness of the pattern and dark ears, but differs in being whitish instead of buff below. The distinctive features of these skins may be due to their immaturity. A kitten (), less than half-grown, from Luluabourg, resembles in colour and pattern the one from Ankole, in Uganda, described above (p. 89).. Fig. 4. A.—Skull of adult $ of Felis lybica mellandi from Choma, N. Rhodesia, showing the "broad-waisted" type characteristic of adult males of the three South African races F. lybica cafra, F. lybica griselda, and F. lybica mellandi. B.—Skull of adult <J of Felis lybica ugandae from Kamdini, Uganda, showing the " narrow - waisted", muscularly moulded type characteristic of that race and of most of the more northern races of the species. C 'S D.—The right upper carnassial tooth (pm') of two adult <3 skulls of Felis lybica <rriselda from Kovares, South Kaokoveld, showing the individual variation in the size of the inner lobe (protocone).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology. [Mammals]; Pocock, Reginald Innes, 1
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