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



and belly white ; head reddish-washed ; middle of the back 

 often black, with three narrow linear pale stripes; lateral stripes 

 widest, linear. Larger and darker, with narrower stripes than 

 the former. 



Hah. Madras (Leach & Elliot, type in B.M.). India, Ceylon 

 (Lord Walden, Kelaart). 



17. Macroxus Layardii. 

 Sciurus Layardii, Kelaart, in B.M. 



Eur blackish, very minutely punctulated with white ; middle 

 of the back black, with three longitudinal linear streaks ; the 

 vertebral one the widest, orange-red ; the side ones very narrow, 

 linear, white; chin, chest, and underside red; tail black, ob- 

 scurely annulated with white, and with a black tip. 



Hab. Ceylon (Lord Walden). B.M. 



Sent from Ceylon as Sc. Barleei; but the lateral streak is 

 not continued under the eyes. 



18. Macroxus sublineatus. 



Sciurus sublineatus, Waterh. P. Z. S. 1838, p. 19. 



Sc. Delessertii, Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1842, t. i. f. 1-3 (t. 2. f. 1, 4, skull). 



Dark olive, very minutely punctulated ; back blackish, with 

 three indistinct narrow, linear, white streaks; chin and beneath 

 reddish grey; tail blackish, slightly yellow-varied. 



Hub. Lidia, Nilgherries. Ceylon (Lord Walden). Water- 

 house and Delessert's type in B.M. 



VII. Medium size or small. Back grizzled, without any dorsal or 

 lateral longitudinal stripes. 



a. Chest and belly grey or white. Nos. 19-24. 



b. Chest grey ; belly red. Nos. 25, 26. 



c. Chest and belly dark red brown. 



Tail black (rarely red). Nos. 27-30. 



Tail indistinctly ringed, with black tip. No. 31. 



Tail dark grizzled, end white. No. 32. 



d. Chest and belly reddish yellow. 



Tail not annulated, end black. No. 33. 



Tail blackish, punctulated, whitish-washed. No. 34. 



Tail reddish, short. No. 35. 



e. Fur above and beloio red brown. Nos. 36, 37. 



f. Fur above and below white. No. 38. 



a. Chest and belly grey or white ; fur grey, punctulated ; tail as 

 long as body and head, annulated. Middle size or small. 



19. Macroxus caniceps. 

 Sc. caniceps, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1842, p. 212. 



