36 SCIURUS LEMNISCATUS. 



is strongly developed. Incisors smooth, orange colored. 



Hab. Congo (Tuckey); Qaanza-river (British Museum); 

 Angola (Monteiro), Novo Kodondo (Falkenstein); Mossa- 

 medes, Cirravel (Sala), Cunene-river (British Museum); 

 Zambesia, Cabaceira (Kirk); Mossambique, Quitangonha, 

 Mesuril , Mossimboa (Peters); Zanzibar , Bogamoyo (Peres 

 du Saint-Esprit), Mombasa (Kirk). 



It is very common in mango-plautations and builds its 

 nest in hollowed trees. 



Mounted specimens in the Leyden Museum : 



1. Adult male, Mossamedes, Cirravel, 13 July 1868, 

 Sala. — 2. Adult male, Cirravel, 28 August 1868, Sala. 



3. Skull of n«. 1. 



C. Squirrels with several stripes on back and sides. 

 X. Fur soft. 



Sciur u s lemnis c atu s. 



1857. Sciurus lemniscatus Le Conte. Proc. Acad. Phila- 

 delphia, p. 11. 

 1862. Sciurus isahella Gray. Proc. Zool. Soc. London, p. 



180. pi. XXIV. 

 1873. Sciurus sharpei Gray. Ann. and Mag. of Nat. 



Hist. XII. p. 265. 

 1881. Heliosciurus sharpei Trouessart. Catalogue des 

 Rongeurs viv. et foss. p. 84; Funisciurus lem- 

 niscatus Trouessart 1. c. p. 84. 

 The soft hairs of the upper parts and the sides of head and 

 })ody and the outside of legs mouse-colored at the base. Back 

 ornated with four black stripes , the two middle ones are the 

 longest and run from the nape of the neck to the root 

 of the tail , both the other ones from the shoulders to the 

 upper parts of the thighs. Head and outside of legs oliva- 

 ceous rusty brown; line along the spine rather indistinct 

 olivaceous brown; lines between the black stripes lighter 

 colored; sides of the body mixed with greyish. Sometimes 

 a more ochraceous tinge prevails. Tail olivaceous brown 



Notes from the Leyden 3Iuseutn , "Vol. I"V. 



