in the Collection of the British Muveum. 279 



c. The pale lateral streak with a streak of the same colour as the back 

 beneath it ; fur olive, punctulaied ; tail elongate, as long as the 

 body and head ; hairs pale-ringed. Baginia. 



13. Macroxus platani. 

 Scim'us plutani, Lingb., Desni., Horsf. Z. J. t. 

 Sc. notatus, Bodd. 

 Sc. bilineatus, Geoff. 

 Macroxus bivittatus, Lesson. 



Hah. India? Java, Sumatra. B.M. 



V. Medium size. Back toith two white or pale longitudinal streals 



on each side ; fur grizzled olive and yelloio ; tail as long us 

 the body, hair yellow, with a black sublinear ring. 



14. Macroxus Berdmorii. 



Sciurns Berdmorii, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1832, p. 334. 

 Sc. Mouhotii, Gray, P. Z. S. 1861, p. 137. 



Fur grizzled ; sides blackish ; the lower streak broad, indis- 

 tinctly marked, upper one narrow, distinct ; chin and underside 

 of body white ; tail blackish, base of hairs yellow. The first 

 upper grinder nearly as lar2;e as the second one. 



Hab. Cambogia (Mouhot) : B.M. Tenasserim (Blyth) : B.M. 



VI. Medium or small size. Back with three (or five) jmle longitu- 



dinal streaks ; fur grizzled, jmnctulated ; tail as long as the 



body. Palniista. 

 Palmiste, F. Cuv. Me'ra. Mus. x. 121, t. 10. f. 2. 

 Farunculus, Lesson, 111. Zool. 

 Tamias, sp., Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1842. 



15. Macroxus palm arum. 



Scivrus palmarum, Horsf. Z. J. ; Waterh. P. Z. S. 1834. p. 118. 

 ralmiste, Buff. H. N. x. t. 26. 



Sides and beneath whitish grey ; back blackish olive, minutely 

 punctulated, with three elongated, distinct, pale longitudinal 

 streaks, the side ones wider in the centre, central one linear 

 elongate. 



Hab. India : B.M. Ceylon (Kelaart) : B.M. 



Var. a. Kelaartii. Fur uniform, shining ; the stripe and undcr- 

 surface in the adult male are reddish white. 

 '' S. Kelaartii, Layard, Ceylon" (Kelaart, in B.M.). 



16. Macroxus penicillatus. 



Sciurus penicillatus, Leaoh, Zool. Misc. vi. t. 1. 



Sc. tristriatus, Waterh. P. Z. S. ; Mag. N. H. 1837, p. 4:)6 ; 1839, p. 114. 



Sc. trilineatus, Kelaart, P. Z. S. 1850, p. 1.57. 



Sc. palmarum, Elliot, Madras Joiun. 1839, p. 218. 



Sc. Brodiei, Layard, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1852, ix. 335. " Blvth," 



Kelaart, B.M. 



Back and sides dark olive, minutely punctulated ; chin, chest, 



