22 MR C. BODEN KLOSS ON 



presence was not unexpecterl, but it is something of a surprise to find 

 that it extends as far as Krabin and western examples should be com- 

 pared with topotj-pes. 



The general upper colour of tliis specimen is buff^'-gre}-. the hairs 

 having grej- bases and verj' pale buff tip?. There are four buffy stripes 

 on the back, the outer pair, which are slightly paler than the inner, 

 extending from the base of the tail to the ears and thence less distinct- 

 ly to the muzzle ; the inner pair, richer in tint, only just reaching the 

 shoulders. The areas between the buff stripes are grizzled black and 

 ochraceous, darkest posteriorly, while anteriorly the ochraceous tone is 

 continued to the crown : the median dorsal line is tiie blackest of the 

 three. The under-parts are buff-yellow. The tail is coarsely annulated 

 ochraceous and black, the hairs with whitish teraiinations, but the tip 

 of the tail is nearlj' entirely black. Upper side of ears black, their 

 tips with long tufts of hair which are white to their bases, 



(For measurements see table p. 31). 



The other species of Taniioiis occurring in Siam is T. barhci, 

 first known from Ye on the Tenasserim Coast, of which one race T. I>. 

 l-oiujciisis (Bonhote) has been met with from llaheng northwards while a 

 second, T.h. novemlineatus (Miller), occupies the Malay Peninsula. Per- 

 haps the most marked difference between the two species is that while 

 in rodolpki the median strijje is distinctly the blackest of the thiec dark 

 dorsal Stripes, in harhei all three are about equally black. It would be 

 interesting to know where the two species meet and whether the lower 

 course of the Menam forms the boundary between their ranges. 



25. Lariscus insignis jalorensis. 



Fiinrimlniliis ii).<ii/ni!< Jalorensis, Bouiioto, fasciculi JIalayenscs, Zool, 



pt. 1, p. 26 (iy03). 



Funiimbiiliis jxniiisuluc, Miller, Smitlisoniaa Miscellaneous Collections, 



vol. 45, p. 25 (lyOo). 

 Lariscus hisiffnis julonnsis, Robinson and Kloss, Jouru., Fed. Malay 



States Mus., V, p. 120(1914). 



1 d adult. Kliao Wang Hip (Upper camp). Peninsular Siam. 

 Sept. 1015. [No. 2058.] 



This is another Malayan species which nearly readies its nor- 

 thern limit in Xakon Sritamarat. It is a ground-squirrel which 

 ascends low bushes in its search for food. 



JOLK.N. XAT. IIIST. bUC. SIAM. 



