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  )iew 
  Muinmah 
  fj'vni 
  tJie 
  Mulaij 
  Peninsula. 
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  inner 
  margin 
  lobed 
  before 
  middle 
  and 
  excised 
  towards 
  

   tornus, 
  with 
  scale-teeth 
  before 
  middle 
  and 
  at 
  tornus 
  ; 
  

   veins 
  3 
  and 
  5 
  from 
  near 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  6 
  from 
  below 
  upper 
  

   angle 
  ; 
  7 
  from 
  angle; 
  8,9, 
  10 
  stalked 
  from 
  before 
  angle; 
  

   11 
  from 
  cell. 
  Hind 
  wing 
  with 
  veins 
  3, 
  4 
  shoitly 
  stalked; 
  

   5 
  fully 
  devtlo})ed 
  from 
  just 
  above 
  angle 
  of 
  cell 
  ; 
  6, 
  7 
  from 
  

   upper 
  angle 
  ; 
  8 
  anastomosing 
  with 
  the 
  cell 
  near 
  base 
  only. 
  

  

  XIX. 
  — 
  On 
  new 
  Mammal 
  s, 
  mainly 
  from 
  Bandon 
  and 
  the 
  

   adjacent 
  Islands, 
  East 
  Coast 
  of 
  t/te 
  Malay 
  Peninsula. 
  

   By 
  Herbert 
  C. 
  HobinsoNj 
  C.M.Z.S., 
  and 
  C. 
  Boden 
  

   Kloss, 
  F.Z.S. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  new 
  races 
  of 
  mammals 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  the 
  

   course 
  of 
  a 
  collecting-expedition 
  to 
  the 
  N.E. 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  

   Malay 
  Peninsula 
  in 
  the 
  Siamese 
  province 
  of 
  Bandon 
  and 
  

   the 
  neighbouring 
  islands 
  of 
  the 
  Koh 
  Samui 
  and 
  Koh 
  Pennan, 
  

   lying 
  between 
  latitude 
  9°N. 
  and 
  10° 
  N., 
  roughly 
  300 
  miles 
  

   south 
  of 
  Bangkok. 
  Those 
  not 
  actually 
  obtained 
  in 
  these 
  

   localities 
  have 
  come 
  to 
  light 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  working 
  out 
  

   the 
  collections. 
  

  

  Petaurista 
  nitida 
  cicur, 
  subsp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Ttjpe. 
  — 
  Adult 
  male 
  (skin 
  and 
  skull), 
  No. 
  58/13, 
  Federated 
  

   Malay 
  States 
  Museum, 
  collected 
  at 
  Ban 
  Kok 
  Klap, 
  Bandon, 
  

   N.E. 
  Malay 
  PeninsuLa, 
  2nd 
  July, 
  1913, 
  by 
  H. 
  C. 
  Robinson 
  

   and 
  E. 
  Seimund, 
  Original 
  no. 
  5614. 
  

  

  Characters. 
  — 
  A 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Petaurista 
  nitida 
  ^ 
  section, 
  

   more 
  closely 
  allied 
  to 
  the 
  island 
  forms 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  (P. 
  n. 
  

   nitida 
  from 
  Java, 
  P. 
  n. 
  rajah 
  from 
  Borneo, 
  and 
  P. 
  n. 
  marchio 
  

   from 
  Sumatra) 
  than 
  to 
  the 
  South 
  Malayan 
  race 
  (P. 
  n. 
  mela- 
  

   notus), 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  differs 
  in 
  its 
  chestnut, 
  not 
  bay, 
  pelage 
  

   and 
  the 
  marked 
  dark 
  tips 
  to 
  the 
  hairs 
  of 
  the 
  back. 
  

  

  Colour. 
  — 
  Above 
  rich 
  chestnut, 
  the 
  head 
  considerably 
  paler, 
  

   all 
  the 
  hairs 
  of 
  the 
  upper 
  surface, 
  except 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  

   tipped 
  with 
  black 
  ; 
  muzzle, 
  a 
  broad 
  orbital 
  ring, 
  entire 
  

   inner 
  surface 
  and 
  posterior 
  half 
  of 
  outer 
  surface 
  of 
  ears, 
  and 
  

   a 
  large 
  patch 
  behind 
  them 
  black. 
  Black 
  of 
  hands 
  and 
  feet 
  

   extending 
  beyond 
  the 
  wrists 
  and 
  ankles. 
  Margin 
  of 
  ante- 
  

   braciiial 
  membrane 
  broadly 
  black, 
  this 
  colour 
  extending, 
  to 
  

   a 
  diminishing 
  extent, 
  halfway 
  up 
  the 
  tail. 
  Distal 
  half 
  of 
  

  

  * 
  Thomas, 
  Ann. 
  & 
  Mag-. 
  Nat, 
  Hist. 
  (8) 
  i. 
  pp. 
  1550-2 
  (1908j. 
  

  

  