lit) 



General colour above rather greyer than in 2ieniiisvJarit- ; anus, 

 hands, legs and feet as in true vittafus and lacking the bright golden 

 grizzling of jyeninsularis. Lower surface " tawny ochraceous," black 

 side sti-ipe narrow in marked contrast to its strong development in the 

 specimens of the vHiatns group in the other islands of the Archipelago. 



8kull as in typical vittaUisi. 



Dimensions of the Type : 



Head and body, 202 ; tail, 173 ; hind ft)ol, 45 : ear, 1(J mm. 



Skull : greatest length, 51 ; basilar length, 40 ; greatest breadth, 

 31.3; nasals. 15; diastema. 12.4; upper molar series, exclusive of j).,, 

 8.8 mm. 



Habitat. — Batam Island, Ehio Archipelago (type from Tanjong 

 Turut). 



Type.— Adult male. B. M. No. 9, 4, 1, 170. Original number 920. 

 Collected 14th July, 1908. 



It might be difficult to distinguish certain individuals with 

 exceptionally well-marked lateral stripe from extreme specimens of 

 jS'c. v. peninsular is, but the brighter colouring of the hands and feet in 

 penivsniarh ])el]->R to make the two forms easily separable. 



:57. SCIUPvUS VITTATUS SUBLrXEUS. 



Thos. and Wrought., Ann. Mag. N. H. (8), iii., p. 440 (1909). 



<J1250, 1274, 1275, 1278; ? 12-16, 3 248, 127(5. Si Knrang, S.-E. .Joliorc. 



<?8oO. Tiiiggi Island, S. Cliiii.i Sea. 



A local form of Se. vlttatm, the same size as v. penlnsularis, 

 characterised by the " soiled" pale yellow colour of the abdomen. 



Closely resembling typical vittatus, but the general colour somewhat 

 greyer, the abdomen " orange buff," it is " ochraceous buff" in typical 

 rt/ /a/ MS and "tawny" m v. peninstdarls; hands and feet greyer than 

 in true vittatus, the golden grizzling so conspicuous in v. peninsularis 

 entirely absent. 



Skull as in typical vittatus, but teeth somewhat smaller. 



Dimensions of the Type : 



Head and body, 191 ; tail, 18G; hind foot, 47; ear, 17 mm. 



Skull: greatest length, 51.5 ; basilar length, 41.3 ; greatest breadth, 

 30.5; nasals, 15.5; diastema, 13; upper molar series, excluding pg, 

 8 mm. 



Habitat. — Si Karang, S.-E. Johore. 



Type.— Adult male. B. M. No. 9, 4. 1, 180. Original number 

 1250. Collected 1st August, 1908. 



There is practically no variation throughout the series, and the form 

 is recognise ble at a glance from any other by the peculiar colouring of 

 the belly. 



[About sixteen specimens of this form have been actually preserved, 

 and one of us has examined another 20, which were shot within 10 

 miles of the type locality at Tanjong Sm-at, and all agree in the 



