04 SCIÜBUS SALAE. 



there are a few broader ones on the middle of the belly aud the 

 inside of legs, those parts thus showing a browner hue. Outside 

 of legs colored as the back , towards the-fore and hindfeet the 

 hairs are shorter and towards the fingers the rings disap- 

 pear, the fingers being nearly black throughout in some 

 specimens. On the middle of the back from between the 

 shoulders the ringed hairs are for the greater part sub- 

 stituted by longer and wholly black hairs , which form a broad 

 black band along the spine. This black band continues on 

 the upperparts of the tail down to the last caudal verte- 

 brum, the long tuft being nearly brownish throughout, 

 in COD sequence of the very broad brownish rings to the 

 hairs. Uuderparts of the tail present a grizzled aspect along 

 the middle, broadly bordered with black. 



Ears short , rounded , thickly covered with short black 

 hairs, with a very small subterminal brownish ring. 



Of five adult specimens, three males and two females 

 now before me, four agree entirely with the description 

 given above , and the fifth specimen differs by the dorsal 

 band being more effaced and by the bi'owner color of the 

 underparts of the body. 



Tail longer than head and body. Whiskers long, black. 



Incisors not stout, with the foreside orange colored. 

 They are not grooved. First upper molar more developed 

 than is usually the case with this generally small tooth. 



Measures of the largest specimen. 



Head and body 270. 



Tail with tuft 390. 



Tail without tuft 325. 



Hind foot with claws . 65. 



Ear 17. 



Skull 58. 



Width between jugalia 34. 



Length upper molar series 11. 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar . . 13. 



„ „ n n » lower molar . . 7. 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseuin , "Vol. HI. 



