4» -MAMMALS OF THE 



Iris brown. 



I suggest that the specimens described as Tupaja picta 

 and T. montana at the best are varieties of T. dorsaiis. 



Gymnura. 



Gymnura alba Giebel. 



114. Adult male. Skin and skull. Sintang. 5. 2. 1894. 

 Snellebrand. 



115. (ale). Female. Smitau, on the Kapoeas-river. 18. 

 2. 1894. B. 



Iris black. 



For peculiarities I refer to my paper in the » Notes" 

 1895, p. 19. 



I think the following interesting observation made by 

 Mr. Pryer ought to be saved from oblivion: » amongst the 

 victims there were brought to me some ten or a dozen 

 Gymnuras. They are stubborn , pig-like animals , with a 

 strong rancid smell , and their most noticeable peculiarity 

 is that if you approach close to them , they jump into a 

 threatening attitude, with jaws wide open, and so remain 

 for a long time. On putting a bit of stick near it it seized 

 with one sharp snap, the imprint of the teeth being left 

 visible." cCf. The Zoologist 1881, p. 394). 



» Dieses merkwürdige Thier wird bei den Malayen , wahr- 

 scheinlich wegen seiner nachtlichen Lebensweise und seines 

 rattenahulichen Aussehens »Tikus Bulan" (Mondratte) ge- 

 nannt. Wir haben dasselbe nur in der Ebene (Sintang und 

 Smitau) erhalten. Es scheint nirgends haufig zu sein. Ueber 

 Tage halt es sich unter Baumwurzeln und in Erdlöchern 

 verborgen , verrath sich aber leicht durch seinen intensiven 

 Moschusgeruch." B. 



Pachyura. 



Pachyura indica (Geoffroy). 



276, 277, 278. (ale). Adult females. Pontianak. 8. 



1. 1895. M. 

 Iris black. 



Notes from ttie Lieyden IMuseum , Vol. XIX. 



