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Milne Edwards and Anderson that in this species the two 

 upper premolars and also the lower one are remarkable in 

 account of their large size and that the skeleton presents 

 12 costales, 7 lumbares, 2 sacrales and about 22 caudales. 



Hab. Borneo and the Malayan Peninsula. 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum : 

 1. Adult female, W. Borneo, Pontianak, Diard, 1827. 

 The type of the species. — 2 and 3, Adult males, Pon- 

 tianak, Diard, 1827. 



4. Skeleton of N° 1. 



5. Skull of N« 2. 



AFRICAN SQUIRRELS. 



As to the African Squirrels I refer to my Monograph 

 of that group , published in the » Notes from the Leyden 

 Museum, 1882. p. p. 1 — 53." I only add the acquisitions 

 received since that publication. 



Sciurus annulatus Desmarest. 



14. Adult female, Senegal, H. von Maltzan, 1881 (in 

 spirits). 



Sciurus poensis Smith. 



15 and 16. Male and female, Gold-Coast, Elmina, v. 

 d. Bossche, 1861 (in spirits). 



Sciurus pyrropus Cuvier. 



23. Skull, Gold-Coast, Nagtglas, 1861. 



Xerus erythopus Et. Geofifr. St. Hilaire. 



23, Adult female, Liberia, Grand Cape Moant, 10 

 August 1881, Büttikofer. — 24. Young specimen, Se- 

 negal, H. von Maltzan, 1881 (in spirits). 



25. Skull of N" 23. 



JS^otes from the Leyden JMuseuin , Vol. "V. 



