in the Collection of the British Museum, 277 



longitudinal stripe ; tail elongate, end black; fur grizzled \ 

 chin and beneath red. 



5. Macroxus Phayrei. 



Sciurus Phayrei, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1858, p. 476; Peters, P. Z. S. 1866, 

 p. 429. 



Fur olive, minutely and closely punctulated with yellow ; 

 chin and beneath red or reddish yellow, the two colours separated 

 by a black lateral streak ; tail annulated, with a black tip ; feet 

 white or yellow. 



Var. Shoulders and fore legs darker. 



Hab. Malabar (Blyth, type in B.M.). India. Borneo. 



IV. Medium size. Sides of the body with a pale or white longitu- 

 dinal stripe. 



a. The lateral stripe broad, produced over the shoulders and thighs; 

 fur black or blackish, minutely punctulated ; tail black, rather 

 longer than body and head; chin, inside of limbs, and beneath dark 

 red bay. Callosciurus. 



6. Macroxus Rajffiesii. 



Sciurus Raffiesii, Vigors & Horsfield, Zool. Journ. t. 



Sc. Prevostii, Lesson (tail discoloured), Sclilegel, Nederl. Tijdsch. i. 1. 1 . f. 1. 



Black ; beneath red bay ; cheeks, shoulders, sides, and fringe 

 of the thighs white. 



Hab. Malay Islands. B.M., type. 



Var. Bangkanus. Cheeks and shoulders iron-grey. 

 Sc. Prevostii Bangkanus, Sclilegel, /. c. t. 1 . f. 2. 

 Hah. Malay Islands. B.M. 



See also Sc. borneonensis, Schlegel, /. c. t.l. f. 3. Like the 

 former, but the cheeks black, sides of the body and outside of 

 the thighs dark iron-grey. Borneo. Mus. Leyden. 



7. Macroxus sarawakensis. 



Black ; lower part of cheek, sides of neck, shoulders, fore and 

 hind legs bright rufous, like the under parts of the body 

 narrow lateral streak and outer side of thighs yellowish white 

 black on back narrow between the shoulders and haunches 

 tail black, slightly greyish-washed. 



Hab. Sarawak*(Wallace). B.M. 



8. Macroxus rufogularis. 

 Sciurus rufogularis, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, x. 363. 



Lateral streak and thighs white; tail black; thioat, shoul 

 ders, and feet red ; face black. 

 Hab. China. Type in B.M. 



