166 



i;jl. ARACHXOTHERA LOXGIROSTRIS (Lath.). 



Arachnothera lomjirostra, Hartert, p. 574 ; Grant, p. 19. 



1 c? ■ Lipis. 

 1 (J . Bentong. 



132. ARACHNOTHERA CRASSIROSTRIS (Rkicukxb.). 



1 ?. Lipis. 



DIC^ID^. 



m. UICAEUM CRUENTATUM (Liif>.). 



Dicaeum cruentatum, Kelsall, p. 62 ; Grant p. 20. 



2 (? . Lipis. 



134. PRIONICHILUS IGNICAPILLUS, Eytox. 

 1 $. Lipis. 



135. PRIONICHILUS MACULATUS, Temm. 



Prionichllas maculatus, Hartert, p. 575 ; Grant, p. 20. 

 1 <J. Bentong. 



NOTES ON INDO-MALAYAN SQUIRRELS. 



By HERBERT C. ROBINSON, c.m.z.s., axd R. C. WROUGHTON, f.z.s. 

 (Puhlished hy permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



I.-^THE SCIURl'S NIGROriTTATUS GROUP. 



;S'. tiiyrovittatus, the type of this section of the genus was described 

 by Horsfield from Java (Zool. Res., 1824), since when the following 

 races have been described : 



S. orestes, Thos. TAnn. Mag. Nat. Hist. ) -r, 



(6), XV., p. 529 (1895)]. j Borneo. 



S. inelanogaster, Thos. [Ann. Mus. Civ. ) Mentawei Islands, N W 

 Gen., xiv., p. 668 (1895)]. ) Sumatra. 



S. klossii, MiUer [Proc. Wash. Acad. ) Saddle Island, Tambelan 

 Sci., p. 225 (1900)]. j Group. 



S. bilimitatus, Miller [Smiths. Misc. ) n , i ■»«- i -r^ . 



Coll., 45, p. 8 (1903)]. i ^^^^^'^^ ^^l^y Penmsula. 



S. atratus. Miller \ Op. cit., p. 13 7 t, .y , •, -,^t a 



(1903)] ^ Pagi Islands, W. Sumatra. 



S. microrhynchus, KIoss, Jouru. Fed. ") Tioman Island, E. Malay 

 Mai. States Mus., ii., p. 144. j Peninsula. 



We now propose to separate the forms from the Southern Malay 

 Peninsula and from Sumati*a : 



SCIURUS NIGROVITTATUS JOHORENSIS, snbs2). hov. 



A Southern Malay form of the size and pattern of ;S^. nigrovittatns 

 bilimitatus, but much less brightly colom-ed. Ochraceous colouring 

 of face, etc., less bright than in bilimitatus and extending less on to 

 the throat. Pale flanlv stripe dull buff not extt?nding on to the hind 

 leg. No bright colouring below the tail. 



Skull. — As in bilimitatus. 



Dimensions of the Type. — Head and body, 200 j tail, 170; hind 

 foot 45 J ear, 17 nun. (meai^ured in the flesh). 



