22 SCIURUS PUNCTATUS. 



1867. Macroxus punctatus Gray. Ann. and Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist. XX. p. 328. 



1880. Sciurus rufobrachiatus Huet. Nouv. Arch, du Mu- 

 seum, p. 144 (partim). 



1881. Heliosciurus gamhianus Trouessart. Catalogue des 

 Rongeurs viv. et foss. p. 82 (partim). 



Fur uniformly grizzled , tail clearly banded. Under parts 

 bi-eolored. 



The hairs of the upper parts of head and body, sides of 

 body and upper parts of limbs are black with two oliva- 

 ceous yellow rings, those of the feet with one ring. Hairs 

 of tail repeatedly ringed with black and brownish red , the 

 tips being white; the apex of the tail black or rusty brown. 

 There are several transitions in coloration of the rings of 

 the hairs in the different individuals , in some specimens 

 they are even rusty red and the white tips of the hairs 

 of the tail are also turned rusty red ; that organ seen from 

 above being banded as follows: black, white and red, or 

 black and rusty red. Hairs of the belly tipped with white. 



Whiskers black. Eyes black. Ears with short brownish 

 or reddish hairs. j^_ ^^ 



Length of head and body 190 



» » tail with tuft 275 



» » » without tuft 215 



» » hind foot 43 



» » skull 44 



Width between the jugalia 27 



» » » orbits 14 



Length of upper molar series 7 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar . 9.25 

 There are four molars in each jaw. Incisors smooth , 

 orange colored. 



Hab. Banana-islands (Leyden Museum) ; Liberia , Sofore- 

 place , St. Paul-river , Buluma (Büttikofer and Sala); Ashantee 

 (British Museum); Gold-coast, Rio Boutry , Dabocrom (Pel), 

 Elmina (Nagtglas), Aburi (Reichenow); Fantee (Leyden 

 Museum); Gaboon, Dongila, Limbareni (Buchholz); Ogobai 

 (Du Chaillu); Chinxoxo (Dr. Falkenstein). 



JN'otes from the Leyden üMusenm , "Vol. IV. 



