1918.] H. C. Robinson & C. B. Kloss : Sciuridae. 233 



The genus is apparently confined to the Malay Peninsula and greater 

 Sunda Islands and is not as yet known to occur within the limits of the 

 Indian Empire or in Indo-China. 



Lariscus insignis. 

 a. insignis insignis (Cuv.). 



Mamm. pi. 233 (1818). 



Typical locality. — Sumatra. 



Tijpe. — In Mus. Hist. Nat., Paris. 



b. insignis jalorensis (Bonhote). 



Fascic. Malay., Zool. I, p. 24 (19031 

 Typical locality. — Jalor, North Malay Peninsula. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



9670. ^ Malacca, Malay Peninsula (E. R. Alston) [P.]; skin and skull. 



9 Benom Foothills, Pahang, Malay Peninsula, 2nd November, 1913. 



$ Ayer Kring, Negri Sembilan -Pahang border, 17th March, 1918; skin and 



skuU. 

 (J Bukit Tangga, Negri Sembilan, Malay Peninsula, 13th January, 1914. 

 cJ Batu Tegor, Taiping, Perak, Malay Peninsula, 31st October, 1908 ; Federated 



Malay States Museum [P.]. 



c. insignis meridionalis (Robinson and Kloss). 



Journ. Fed. Malay. States Mus., IV, p. 172 (1911). 



Typical locality. — Changi, Singapore Island. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



d. insignis fornicatus, Robinson. 



Op. cit. supra, V IT, p. 102 (1917). 



Typical locality .—Tionian Island, East Coast, Malay Peninsula. 

 Type. — In Federated Malay States Museum. 



e. insignis diversus (Thomas). 



Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7), II, p. 248 (1898). 



Typical locality. — Baram District, Borneo. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



f. insignis castaneus (Miller). 



Proc. Acad. Sci. Washington, II, p. 217 (1900). 



Typical locality. — Pulau Siantan, Anamba Islands. 

 Type. — In United States National Museum. 



g. insignis niobe (Thomas). 



Ann. Mag. Nat. HiM., (7), II, p. 249 (1898). 



Typical locality. — Pajo, Highlands of West Sumatra. 

 Type. — In British Museum. 



$ Sungei Kumbang, Korinchi, West Sumatra, loth April, 1914 ; Federated 

 Malay States Museum (H. C. Robinson and C. B. Klo.ss) [C] ; skin 

 and skull. 



