274 Dr. J. E. Gray's Synopsis of the Asiatic Squirrels 



** Tail moderate, as long as the body and head; fur grizzled; middle-sized. 



6. Sciurus lokrioides. 



Sciurus lokrioides, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. 1836, p. 223 ; Horsf. P. Z. S. 



1839, p. 152. 

 Sciurus assamensis, M'Clellaud, MS. ; Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 143 



(1842). 



Fur pale grey, closely and minutely punctulated with yellow ; 

 chin, throat and beneath pale grey ; front of thighs like back. 

 Tail coloured like back, upper end with indistinct annulations, 

 tip blackish ; hairs pale, with three black bands and a pale tip. 



Hab. India, Assam (Gray) : type in 13. M. Darjeeling (Hodg- 

 son) : type in B.M. 



The hair of the ears soft. 



7. Sciurus modestus. 



S. modestus, S. Miiller, Verb. Mam. t. 14. 



Blackish olive, very closely and minutely punctulated with 



yellow ; head and sides of neck rather more rufous ; chin, 



throat, belly, and inside of limbs pale reddish. Tail black and 



and yellow, punctulated, obscurely ringed; hairs yellow, with 



broad black subterminal ring, and with a well-marked yellow tip. 



Hah. Sumatra (Miiller's type in B.M.). 



*** Tail moderate, as long as the body and head ; face with a longitudinal 

 streak ; small-sized, 



8. Sciurus Macclellandii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1839, p. 152. 



Sciurus trilineatus. Gray, B.M. 1828 (not Waterhouse). 

 Sciurus Barleei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. xvi. 878, t. 36. f. 3 (184/). 



Fur soft, yellowish grey, with a black vertebral streak ; orbit, 

 streak from end of nose, under the eye and ear, along the side 

 of the back, yellowish ; a small tuft of soft hair behind the ear 

 white ; chin and underside of body pale reddish grey. 



Hab. Bhotan : type in B.M. Nepal (Hodgson, n. 33) : B.M. 

 Formosa (Svvinhoe) : B.M. 



9. Sciurus melanotis. 



Sciurus melanotis, S. Miiller, Verb. t. 15. f. 4, 5, 6. 



S. nanus, Wallace, B.M. 



S. soricinus, Waterh. Cat. Zool. Soc. Mus. Suppl. ed. 2. no. 448. 



Fur pale grey, soft ; chin, middle of throat, chest, belly, and 

 inside of limbs reddish ; streak from nose, under the eye to 

 side of neck pale reddish, edged above with black ; ears covered 

 with soft black hairs. Tail dark grey, washed with whitish ; hairs 

 yellow, with a broad subterminal baud and white tip. A very 

 small species. 



Hab. Borneo (Miiller's type in B.M.). Sarawak (Wallace's 

 type in B.M.) New Guinea : B.M. 



