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DIAGNOSES OF FOUR NEW SQUIRRELS FROM SIAM- 

 Bv C. BuDEN Kloss, F. Z. 8. 



During mj' recent visit to Stain { October cand November IDIG ) 

 I obtained the four new races of Ecjuirreis of wliicli brief diagnoses are 

 given below. Detailed descriptions will be published later in a full 

 account of my collection of mammals. 



1 . Sciurus finlaysoni trotteri, subsp. nov. 



Like S. f. folletti of ICoh Pliai, but darker and practically with- 

 out the butfy tinge of that i ace ; tail above almost clear creamj', only 

 the extreme tip darkened.- 



Typical locality Koh Lan, Inner (Julf of Siam. 



2. Sciurus atrodorsalis tachin, subsp. nov. 



Like S- a- atrudor.-nUis from tlie latitude of Mouhnein but con- 

 siderably' smaller and with a grizzled line down the centra of the chest. 

 Typical locality Tachin, west of Bangkok, Central Siam. 



3. Sciurus epomaphorus inexpectatus, subsp. nov. 



Like S. e. milleri from Trang, Peninsular Siam, but paler ; much 

 paler than iS'. c. O.avisvni from Southern Tenasserim. 

 Typical locality Koh Lak, J'ran, S. W. Siam. 



4. Sciurus erythrasus pranis., subsp, nov. 



Like iS'. e. ruhocidwt from Trang, Peninsular Siam, with a 

 grizzled median line, but the undersurface ochraceous, never more than 

 partially tinged with chestnut, and the ti]) of the tail frcijucutly 

 albescent. 



Typical locality Koh Jjak, I'ran, S, ^V. Siam. 



JOt'llN. NAT. Illyr. sue. SIAM. 



