118 



Dimensions of the Type : 



Head and body, 115 ; tail, 86 ; hind foot, 32 ; ear, 12 mm. 



Skull too damaged to yield reliable measui-ements except upper 

 tootli series, exclusive of jij'\ 5.5 mm. 



Habitat. — Bliali, Kundvu- Island, Eliio Archipelago. 



Type.— Old male. B. M. No. 9, 4, 1, 188. Original number 1505. 

 Collected 21st August, 1908. 



The narrowing of the belly colour by the prolongation downwards 

 of the dark colouration of the upper surface serves to distinguish this 

 species at a glance from Sc. rohinsoni, Bonh., its only close ally. 



We have named this species after Mr. E. Seimund, Mr. Robinson's 

 assistant and taxidermist, to whose energy and collecting powers the 

 richness of the Uhio collection is largely due. 



[Squirrels of this type are really quite common in certain 

 localities on the Peninsula, and considerable numbers of the local form 

 named recently by Mr. Thomas, 8c. rohinsoni alacris, have been 

 collected in Selangor within the last few months. It is a ground 

 species, running about in very thick undergrowth among fallen timber 

 and rarely found at any height on the trees. It can only be shot, 

 therefore, at very short range, and hardly any undamaged specimens 

 with perfect skulls have as yet been secured. 



The si)ecimeu from the Kateman River,* Eastern Suniiitra, identified 

 by Mr. Lyon as Sciurus lovni, Thos., must be very close to, if not identical 

 with, this species.— 11. 0. R. and C. B. K.] 



Ml. LARISCUS "IXSIGNIS,"t F. Cl'v, 



S 129. Gunong Ijan, Perak, 4,700 feet. 



S 202,0; ?2036. Choras, Selangor. 



c?10o5, 1057; ? 1102. Cliangi, Singapore Island. 



[We have recently brought togethei" a large series of Lariaciis 

 (until lately more generally known as Funambulus) with a view to elu- 

 cidating the two species hitherto described from the Peninsula — viz., 

 L. jjeninsulx. (Mill.) from Trang, of which only one authentic specimen 

 is known; and L. inskjms jalorensis (Bonh.) type from Bukit Besar in 

 the Patani States, of which we possess a very large series from all 

 localities south of Perak, including specimens compared and identified 

 with the type by Mr. Bonhote himself. It may briefly be stated that, 

 with the exception of one specimen from Bukit Kutu in Selangor, 

 Avhich we are inclined to think abnormal, the whole of the very large 

 series that has passed through our hands, except those from Johore and 

 Singapore, can without hesitation be referred to the form described by 

 Bonhote, without considering the validity of that form as comjjared 

 with the typical inslgnis from Sumati-a. 



The five specimens that we have seen from Singapore, however, and 

 others collected by Kloss in Johore, which were referred to j^eninsulx 



* Lyon, Proc. U. S. :Nat. Mas., xxxiv., p. 6-1-2 (1908). 



T Lavio being preoccupied, wc have suggested the name Luriscu.5 in a paper 

 published by the Zoological Society. (P. Z. S., 1909, p. 389). 



