1411 



Measurements.— Collector's oxtenml in.-.tMn. m, ,. 

 and body, 262 ; tail, 2G0 ; hiud foot, 56 ; fur, 10.5. ( 

 nieuts of type : greatest leuf^'tl), 57 ; l.a.sal i.-ii^'tli, 4H.:i ; ti.. 

 length, 17; palatal length, 2G.2 ; diast«-iiia, W, molar i . ! 

 interorbital breadth, 24; postorbital couHtrirtion, 20; zygomatic 

 breadth, 35.8. 



Remarks. — This S(|uirrel, wliich ;ij. pears to !»«• diHtributcd north aiid 

 east of the related races, is iuteniiediat*- In-tween tlie two. TIh; oxti'tit 

 and depth of the colour on the .shoulder are very variaibli', l--' •' • 

 white lateral stripe is never entirely unbroken there a« in S. ;-/ 

 nor is ever attained the rich colour, widely in contact with tht; liLul 

 back, of S. p. humei. 



All other races of Scmrus lyrevost'd with shoulder colouration of 

 this type are instantly separable from S. p. urayi by the ^rn ■. 

 blackish sides of head and neck, which areas in the latter are w ! 



9. sciuurs iiii'i'iuus, gkoffr. 

 Snurtis hippurus, Bonhote, p. 6. 



2 (J. Bentong. 



Nowhere conunon in the Peninsula and always mwr than the lai.t 

 species. 



10. tJCIURUS CONCOLOU. Hlviii. 



Sciums caniceps concolor, Bonhote, Ann. and Mag. Nut. Ilihl.. ("), 

 vii, 1901, p. 272 ; Bonhote, p. 7. 



Srivrus (jrisfiimanvs, Ridley. )>. 51'. 



3 <? ; 5 ? . Lipis. 



2 <? ; 2 ? . Bentong. 



All the specimens have the entire dorsal ami and tail Huffu-od with 

 ochraceous, deepest on the rump. 



11. SCIURUS BILIMITATU.S JOHOUKNSIS. Rubinm-s a 



Sciums hilimitaias, johorensis, Robinson .^ ^^^' 

 F.M.S. Mus., vol. IV, No. 2 postca. 



2 (?. Lipis. 



1 <J ; 1 9 . Bentong. 



This race is much less ochi-aceous than S. I ' 

 these examples mark, as far as is known, its n..rii 



12. SCILRIS MINIATl'.S Milikb. 



Sciums nolatus miniatus, Miller. IV.k-. WashiuKtou Acad. Sci.. 

 vol. n, 1900, p. 79. 



8ci2irus vittatus, Bonhote, p. 5. 

 Sciums notatiis, Ridley, p. 59. 



3 <? ; 1 ? . Lipis. 



3 c? ; 3 V . Bentong. . 



These examples agree completely w.th s,.x-nnon •• * 



from the eastern side of the IVnmsidn Ml b....- th- d, 

 of the tail very strongly rufous. 



