114 



,32. SCIURUS PREVOSTII CONDURENSIS, Mill. 

 <?1437, lUo, 1446, 1469, 1492; ? 1438, 1439, 1440, 1442, 1450, 1468. 

 Bliah, Kundur Island, Rhio Archipelago. 



Topotypes. 



[Very commou. It is a curious fact that in the Ehio Islands, 

 where squirrels of this group are met with, no form of vittatus occurs 

 and vice versa. All the specimens from the Archijielago were obtained 

 in the vicinity of villages, but in the Peninsula they are strictly 

 jungle animals and are quite imknown in orchards. — H. C. R. and 

 C. B. K.] 



.•53. SOIURUS PREVOSTII CARIMONENSIS, Mill. 

 ^1341, 1355, 1367, 1387, 1388; ? 1328, 1368, 1371, 1389, 1403. 

 Pemeral, Karimon Island, Rhio Archipelago. 



Topotypes. 



3k SClURrS VITTATrS MIMATUS, Mill, 



? 1307, 1309. Taiijong Gomok, S. Johore. 



[The occurrence of five specimens of this race at the extreme south 

 of the Peninsula is a most disconcerting fact, as we were formerly of 

 the opinion that the true miniatus was found only in connection with 

 the main range and did not extend further south at most than llie 

 latitude of Malacca, while the remaining non-mountainous southern 

 portion of the Peninsula {i.e., the region south of the Pahang, Triang 

 and Muar rivers) seemed to be occupied by the paler animals of the 

 following races, Avith no clear red pencil to the tail. It seems at pre- 

 sent an undoubted fact that these specimens of miniatits from Tanjong 

 Gomok are isolated from the rest of their race by the southern forms, 

 and that we have here a minor instance of discontinuous distribu- 

 tion.— H. C. E. and C. B. K.] 



35. SCIURUS VITTATUS PENINSULAEIS, Mill. 



(?833. Lemuii Point, E. Johore. 



S 1215, 1216. Tanjong Boi, S.-E. Johore. 



? 860. Bukifc Timah, Singapore Island. 



S 1039, 1113 ; ? 1013, 1032, 11.33. Changi, Singapore Island. 



(? 1687, 1688 ; ? 1666, 1689, 1711. Little Karimon Island, Rhio Archipelago. 



(? 766; ¥ 732, 743, 769. Pasir Panjang, Bintang Island, Rhio Archipelago. 



^702, 704, 710. Tanjong Tombak, Bintang Island, Rhio Archipelago. 



9 825. Telok Dalam, Bintang Island, Rhio Archipelago. 



? 794. Sungei Biru, Bintang Island, Ehio Archipelago. 

 Some of the Bintang specimens have a broader black lateral stripe 

 than usual, but the character is not constant enough to justify their 

 separation as a local race. 



In working out these Plantain Squirrels the question has again 

 arisen as to what is the typical 8c. vittatus, Raffles., a question which has 

 given a great deal of trouble to recent workers, owing to the fact that 

 the four specimens in the British Museum received from Raffles 

 and considered as typical of his species are obviously referable to more 

 than one form. 



