496 Mr. J. L. Boiiliote 07i the Squirrels 



little doubt it represents the same ariiinal. M. Diard also 

 collected in tiie Malay Peninsula, so it is quite possible that 

 the type specimen may have come from Malacca and have 

 been wrongly labelled ; it may occur in Java, but I can find 

 no record to that effect beyond the original description. It is 

 stated in the key at the end of this paper that this species 

 has light subterminal annulations to each of the hairs ; the 

 bleaching process, however, goes on so quickly in this species 

 that these annulations are only visible in freshly grown 

 hairs. This squirrel is so distinct in coloration that there 

 can be no difficulty in identifying it by the colour alone. 



Batufa epJnppium typica (Miill.). 



Schiriis ephippium, Miiller, Tijdschr. voor Nat. Gesch. 1839, p. 147 ; 

 Muller and Schlegel, Verhandl. Nat. Gesch. 1843, pp. 86 & 91, 

 pi. xiii. 



This form is chiefly noticeable for the purity of its colouring, 

 very few of the hairs having subterminal annulations. From 

 the top of the head to the root of the tail runs a broad and 

 very dark brown stripe, slightly lighter over the shoulders 

 owing to annulations on the hairs, and spreading out in a 

 similar manner over the posterior part of the body ; remainder 

 of the flanks, sides of the neck, face, and ears ferruginous, 

 fading into pale orange on the limbs, feet, and throat, being 

 palest on the forehead. Underparts yellowish white. Tail 

 dark brown. 



Dimensions (as given by Muller) : — 



Head and body 350 millim. ; tail 400. 



Skull (from Museum specimen) : greatest length 65 ; zygo- 

 matic breadth 42; greatest length of nasals 20; length of 

 palate from henselion 26. 



Hab. Great Dyak River, S.E. Borneo. 



It is to be noticed that in this species the tail bleaches to a 

 dirty creamy white. 



Batufa epJnppium baramensis^ subsp. n. 



Sciurus ephippium, Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. Suppl. vol. iii. 1843, 



p. 193 ; Hose, Mamm. Borneo, 1893, p. 44. 

 Sciurus hicolor ephippium, Thos. P. Z. S. 1892, p. 225. 



General colour above dark brown, each hair having a rufous 

 subterminal annulation. Along the centre of the back, espe- 

 cially on the posterior half, there are no annulations, a dark 

 median stripe being thus formed. Underparts, including 

 outside of fore limbs and feet, deep yellow, becoming ferru- 

 ginous on the cheeks. Tail uniform dark brown. 



