^8 SCIURUS RO.SKNBERGII. 



I c;uiiu)t givf the leught of the skull, all the occipitals 

 being smashed. m, m. 



Head and body 190 



Tail with tuft 245 



Tail without tuft 180 



Ears with hairs 17.5 



Hind foot 42 



Length upper molar series 8 



Length of nasalia 12.5 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar . . 9 

 » » » » » lower » . . 5 



Hab: Sanghi-islands , Siao (v. Rosenberg, Hoedt). 



2. ON A SQUIRREL FROM NUSA-KAMBANGAN. 



In making a preliminary catalogue on the Squirrels in 

 the collection of the Leydeu Museum , I found a specimen 

 which several years ago was distinguished by Temminck 

 as belonging to a new species and has hitherto remai- 

 ned undescribed. This specimen was labelled by Tem- 

 minck , Sciurus Diardii , » Esquisses zoologiques sur la cote 

 de Guine", so it seems that Temminck intended to describe 

 our species in the above mentioned work. I do not know 

 why he may have omitted it to do so. However the state- 

 ment may suffice, that neither Temminck nor any other 

 author after him have published this species. 



Our Squirrel was collected in Nusa-Kambangan , a very 

 small island situated off Tjilatjap , close to the South coast 

 of Java. 



As our knowledge respecting the distribution of the 

 different species of the genus Sciurus in Java is extremely 

 deficient, I cannot state which are the exact species inha- 

 biting Tjilatjap and environs. But the following species 

 are found in Java , according to Schlegel and Muller ^) : 



1) Verhandelingen over de Natuurlijke Geschiedenis etc. 1839 — 44, p. 02 et sqq. 

 Notes trom the Leyden Museum. 



