^84 Dr. J. E. Gray's Stjnopsis of the Asiatic Squirrels 



and belly red-brown ; tail broad, coloured like back, indistinctly 

 white-ringed, end black; hairs black, with one or two narrow 

 yellow basal rings and grey tips. 

 Hah. China (Reeves). B.M. 



ttt Tail dark-grizzled ; end white. 



32, Macroxus atrodorsalis, 



Sciurus atrodorsalis, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1842, p. 213 ; Bl} th, J. A. 



S. B. t. 37. f. 2 ; Peters, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 428. 

 Sc. hyperythrus, Blyth. 



Fur grey, minutely punctvdated; back with a large black 

 patch ; tail coloured like back at the base, hinder half whitish, 

 with black rings ; hairs black, with long grey tips ; face reddish ; 

 throat, chest, belly, and inner side of limbs dark chestnut-red. 



Var. Throat more or less grey. India, Benares. B.M. 



Hab. India (Blyth). Type in B.M. 



d. Chest and belli/ reddish yellow. 



* Tail elongate, as long as the body and head, with numerous narrow 

 black rings and a black tip. 



33. Macroxus Blanfordii. 

 Sciurus Blanfordii, Blyth, J. A. S. B. 1862, p. 333. 



Fur olive grey, punctulated with black and grey ; throat, inner 

 side of limbs, and feet rufous ; tail with numerous narrow black 

 rings and a well-marked black tip. 



Hab. India, Pegu and Upper Burmah (Blanford, Blyth). 

 Types in B.M. 



** Tail as long as the body, varied, whitish-washed ; end blackish. 



34. Macroxus lokriah. 



Sciurus lokriah, Hodgson, J. A. S. B. 1836, p. 223 ; Horsf. P. Z. S. 1841. 

 Sc. subflaviventer, M'Clelland, MS.; Gray, List Mam. B. M. 144 (1842). 

 Sc. anomalus, Kuhl, Beitr. 69 ? not Guldenst. 



Fur dark olive, grizzled, closely and minutely yellow-punctu- 

 lated ; chin, throat, middle of chest, and abdomen pale red 

 yellow ; tail black, washed with whitish, and with a bluish tip ; 

 hairs yellow, with an evident lower and a broader subapical 

 band and a grey tip ; the underside of the tail with an orange 

 central streak from the orange base of the hairs, and a couple of 

 bluish marginal bands when expanded. 



The extent of the red beneath varies; in some it occupies 

 the whole under surface, in others only the centre of the chest 

 and belly. 



Hab. India, Nepal (Hodgson). Type in B.M. 



