278 Dr. J. E. Gray's Synopsis of the Asiatic Squiiiels 



Var. redimitus. 

 Sc. redimitus, Boon Mescli.?, Blyth. 



Shoulders red; outer side of thighs iron-grey; tail white- 

 washed. 



Hab. Borneo. 



b. The pale lateral streak on side of body with a black streak beneath it ; 

 fur black, blackish, or olive ; beneath red; tail as long us body and 

 head, 



9. Macroxus rufoniger. 



Sciurus rufoniger, Gray, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842. 



Cheeks, shoulders, legs, feet, and tail black ; beneath red ; 

 lateral streak narrow, interrupted ; thighs grey, mottled exter- 

 nally. 



Hab. . B.M. 



10. Macroxus atrocapillus. 



Sciurus atrocapilla, Schlegcl, /. c. t. 2. f. 1. 

 Sc. Schwaneri, B.M. 



Back iron-grey, minutely punctulated with white ; crown of 

 head, lower lateral streak, feet, and tail black ; throat, chest, 

 belly, and inner side of limbs red; upper lateral line white, well 

 marked. 



Hab. Borneo. B.M. 



See also Sc. Schlecjelii (with cheeks red), Sc. enjthrogenys, 

 Schlegel, /. c. t. 2. f. 3 (1863), not Water-house. 



11. Macroxus vittatus. 

 Sciurus vittatus. Raffles. 

 Sc. bivittatus, Desiu., Horsf. Z. J. t. 

 Macroxus toupai. Lesson. 

 Sc. pyyerythrus, I. Geoff. Voy. Belanger. 

 Sc. Jiavimanus, I. Geoff. Mag. Zool. 1832. 

 Macroxus bivittatus, F. Cuv. D. M. 



Fur olive, black-and-yellow-punctulated ; sides with a pale- 

 yellow and black lateral streak; chest and beneath red. 



Hab. Ceylon: B.M. Java: B.M. Cochin China: B.M. 

 Malacca : B.M. 



12. Macroxus nigrovittatus. 



Sciurus nigrovittatus, Horsf. Z. Java. 



Sc. griseiventer, I.Geoff. Mag. Zool. 1832; Coulson, Mem. Neufch. i. 

 t. 10. 



Fur olive, minutely black-and-yellow-punctulated; sides with 

 a linear pale and a broad black streak beneath ; chin and 

 underside dark black grey ; sides of face and throat and front of 

 shoulders rufous ; tail black, obscurely ringed, with a black tip. 



//«6. Malacca: B.M. Java: B.M. 



