416 BVliMA. ITS PEOPLE AXD PROnuCTKiXS. 



Olive-brown, each liair liaviiiK a dark-lirown or blai'kisli tip, a subapical yollow 

 band and a slaty base. A palo yellow band from the nose to the tail, which involves 

 the orbit. This band is marginal above, with a dusky line. A narrow black vertebral 

 line from the shoulders to the tail. Ears end in a distinct white pencil. Under parts 

 dusky yellowish-white, or frreyish, washed with yellow. 



Ranges from Xipal to Tenasserim and Siam, and is found at Ponsee, in Yunan, 

 at 3500 feet elevation. 



S. Qui.\(iiESTRiAius, And. 



Above olive brownish-grey, grizzled and with a rufous tint, deepest on the back. 

 A rufous grizzled V)lackish brown band along the median line of the belly, and on 

 either side of it a broad pure white ban<l. A broad black band from the axilla along 

 the sides of the belly. Inside of limbs blackish. Tail concolorous with the body 

 (but the annulations coarser) and black tipped. 



Head and body 9-50; tail 7 10 inches. 



Inhabits the Kakhyen Hills, at 3000 feet, and seems to have a limited distribution. 



S. rRKVosTir, Dcsmarest. 



S. Rafflesii, Vigors and Horsfield. 



/S. piceus, Peters. 



S. rufoijuhiriit, Gray. 



S. rufonigra, Gray. 



S. erythroiiielas, Temm. 



S. atricaptllus, Schl. 



S. Horneoensis, Gray. 



Macroxus Sarawakcnsis, Gray. 



31. Pluto, Gray. 



Upper paits black. Tail black with red ti]). BlIow rich maroon red. Sides 

 of the face, neck and shoulders greyish. A broad yellowish white line runs from the 

 axilla along the side and over the outside of the thigh to the heel. 



Head and body lOoO; tail 10-30; total 20-8o'inches. 



Sumatra, Borneo, Banka, The Celebes and Tenasserim. 



Tlio various local races have received many distinctive names ; but Anderson 

 unites aU under one species. 



PiEiiOMTS, Cuvier. 

 Skin of the sides lax, and capable of extension to form a parachute. Dentition 

 as in Sciuriis. Tail usually round, like a bottle brusli ; in some species distichous 

 (^Scittropterus). 



P. ciNEEACEUs, Blyth. 



Fur pale-greyish, mixed with brown, with many white-tipped hairs, which im- 

 part a hoary appearance to the surface. Tail whitish, with a black tip. The upper 

 surface of the parachute is reddish-brown, ungrizzled. The under parts are white. 



Kanges from Arakau to Tenasserim, where it replaces P. oral. 



P. TUNANENSIS, And. 



Colour a rich dark maroon (diestniit above, freckled ^^■ith white, and posteriorly 

 rather hoaiy. The terminal portion of the tail is glossy black. Under surface 

 yellowish white, sometimes mesially tinged with chestnut. 



Body 24 ; tail 24 inches. 



Inhabits Teng-yue-chow in Yunan. 



P. ALBONIOEE, Hodg. 



Back and tail palo brownish-grey. Pai-achute externally ricli brown. Fur slaty 

 at its base, then brown, and terminally yellow, with an occasional brown tip. 

 From Nipal to Burma and Western Yunan. 



P. lIoKSKiEi.iiii, Watcrhouse. 

 I'. (I'irinitidcii.i, Wagner. 

 P. Phayrci, Blyth. 



