TUPAIA. 103 
is one of the few novelties that had escaped the notice of Mr. Brian 
Hodgson, but Dr. Anderson mentions a specimen (unnamed) from Nepal 
in the British Museum which was obtained by Hodgson. 
No. 160. TuPata CHINENSIS (Azderson). 
HapitTat.—Burmah, Kakhyen hills, east of the valley of the 
Irrawaddy. 
DESCRIPTION.—Ferruginous above, yellowish below, the basal two- 
thirds of the hair being blackish, succeeded by a yellow, a black, and then 
a yellow and black band, which is terminal; there is a faint shoulder 
streak washed with yellowish ; the chest pale orange yellow, which hue 
extends along the middle of the belly as a narrow line; under surfaces 
of limbs grizzled as on the back, but paler; upper surface of tail 
concolorous with the dorsum. 
Si1zE.—Head and body, 63 inches ; tail, 6°16. 
The teeth are larger than those of 7: Zot, but smaller than the 
Malayan Z: ferruginea, and the skull is smaller than that of the last 
species, and the teeth are also smaller. Dr. Anderson says: ‘ When I 
- first observed the animal it was on a grassy clearing close to patches of 
fruit, and was so comporting itself that in the distance I mistook it for 
a squirrel. ‘The next time I noticed it was in hedgerows.” 
The other varieties of Zupaia belong to the Malayan Archipelago— 
T. ferruginea, T. tana, T. splendidula, and 7: Javanica to Borneo and 
Java. There is one species which inhabits the Nicobars. 
No. 161. Tupata NICOBARICA. 
Hasitat.—Nicobar Island. 
DESCRIPTION.—Front and sides of the face, outside of fore-limbs, throat 
and chest, golden yellow; inner side of hind limbs rich red brown, 
which is also the colour of the hind legs and feet; head dark brown, 
with golden hairs intermixed ; back dark maroon, almost black ; upper 
surface of the tail the same ; pale oval patch between shoulders, dark band 
on each side between it and fore-limbs, passing forward over the ears. 
SizE.—Head and body, 7'10; tail, 8 inches. 
There is a little animal allied to the genus Zaza, which has hitherto 
been found only in Borneo and Sumatra, but as Sumatran types have 
been found in Tenasserim, perhaps some day the Prilocercus Lowii may 
be discovered there. It has a rather shorter head than the true 
Banxrings, more like 7: Z//o¢i, but its dentition is nearly the same, as 
also are its habits. Its chief peculiarity lies in its tail, which is long, 
slender and naked, like that of a rat for two-thirds of its length, the 
terminal third being adorned with a broad fringe of hair on each side, 
