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2. Macruxus bicolor. 



Sciurus bicolor, Sparrm. ; Horsf. Java, t. ; Kuhl. 

 Sc. javensis, Sclireb. t. 216; Shaw. 

 Sc. macrouroides, Hodgson. 

 Sc. giganteus, M'Clelland. 

 ?Sc. abessinicus, Gmelin. 



Black ; belly yellow or white; legs black, front of legs whitish. 



Fur harsh. 



Var. a. Pale ; belly white. 



Sc, albiceps, Geoff., Desm. 

 Sc. Leschenaultii, Desm. 

 Sc. Desmarestii, Fischer. 

 Sc. hypoleucus, Horsf. 

 Sc. humeralis, Coulson. 

 ?Sc. affinis. Raffles. 

 Sc. ochraceus, Temm. 



Var. b. Fur white ; belly pale yellow. 

 Sc. aureiventer, I. GeoflF. Mag. Zool. 1832, t. 5 ; Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1842, 



t. 4. f. 1-4. 



Hab. India, Nepal (Hodgson): B.M. Java, Sumatra: B.M. 

 Malay peninsula : B.M. 



Fur rather harsh ; hairs generally of one colour, of the nape 

 and tail sometimes pale-tipped. Black; chin, under surface and 

 inside of limbs yellow or white, varying from black to blackish 

 brown or grey brown and whitish grey. The legs and feet in 

 the black specimens are black, with more or less of white hairs 

 on their front. The head of one dark specimen is whitish. 



3. Macroxus ephippium. 

 Sciurus ephippium, S. Miiller, Verb. t. 



Fur rather short, soft, very variable in colour, from black 

 minutely grizzled to pale reddish brown ; the throat, cheeks, and 

 feet red or yellow. 



Hab. Borneo : B.M. Celebes (Verreaux) : B.M. 



II. Medium size. Back with three black longitudinal streaks ; fur 



grizzled olive and yellow ; chin and beneath yellowish ; tail 

 as long as the body. Laria. 



4. Macroxus insignis. 



Sciurus insignis, Horsf. Z. Java, t. ; Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1842, t. 32. f. 5 



(skull). 

 Sc. trivirgatus, Franks. 



Sides reddish ; tail dark, whitish-washed ; hairs of three co- 

 lours — yellow, black, and grey at the tip. 

 Hab. Sumatra : B.M. Java. 



III. Medium size. Lower part of the sides of the body with a black 



