miller] seventy new MALAYAN MAMMALS I I 



larly on chest, with ochraceous. Lateral stripes as in Scinrus 

 z'ittatiis, the outer whitish cream-buff, about 6 mm. wide at middle, 

 the inner black and about lo mm. in width. Cheeks like back, but 

 with a light wash of ochraceous-buff, this wash not distinct enough 

 to produce a marked contrast with color of neck. 



Measurements. — Measurements of type : total length, 390 ; head 

 and body, 210; tail vertebras, 180; hind foot, 50 (47) ; skull, greatest 

 length, 49.4 ; zygomatic breadth, 28. 



Specimens examined. — Nine, five from the banks of the Endau 

 River, and four from Singapore. 



Remarks. — The squirrel of the vittatus group inhabiting the south- 

 ern end of the Malay Peninsula is distinguishable from the typical 

 Sumatran animal by its more yellowish underparts and less yellow- 

 ish cheeks. In true Sciimis vittatus, as represented by specimens 

 from Tapanuli Bay, the red area of the body is very nearly the 

 same as the orange rufous of Ridgway, and the cheeks are so 

 heavily washed with buff as to contrast strongly with sides of neck. 



SCIURUS PANNOVIANUS sp. nov. 



Type. — Adult male (skin and skull). No. 112,351, United States 

 National Museum. Collected on Pulo Pannow, Atas Islands, South 

 China Sea, May 28, 1901, by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Original number, 



952. 



Charaeters. — Like Sciitrus peninsularis, but size less, dark lateral 

 stripes much broader and more diffuse, and tail with fairly well de- 

 fined black pencil. 



Color. — Type : The general color so closely resembles that of the 

 type of Scinrus peninsularis as to need no detailed description. The 

 dark lateral stripes are less sharply outlined than in the mainland 

 animal, however, and their width at middle is at least 15 mm. Tail 

 with blackish pencil distinctly visible both above and below. 



Skull and teeth. — The skull and teeth are not so large as in 

 Scinrus peninsularis, and the audital bullae are smaller and less in- 

 flated, particularly in their posterior segment. 



Measurements. — Measurements of type: total length, 380; head 

 and body, 193 ; tail vertebra, 185 ; hind foot, 48 (45) ; skull, greatest 

 length, 47 ; zygomatic breadth, 26.4. 



Specimens examined. — Ten, all from Pulo Pannow. 



Remarks. — From Scinrus abbottii and S. anambensis the Pannow 

 squirrel is distinguished by its darker upperparts, brighter under 

 surface, and black-tipped tail. The series of ten specimens shows no 

 color variations worthy of note. 



