197 



Under-parts ])ri-ht rufotis (Ininit siemia), this .-olour .•xteudiiiK 

 but little l>eyoud the whorl of hair on the thnjat. 



Upper lateral stripe cream-buff (7 iiim. wI.U-k ll».- luw.-r, «iri|«i 

 black, slightly ;,n-izzled witli odiraceous and narru\v.-r than the uthf-r. 



Tail coarsely auuulated l)lack and pale buff, i>aler tlum th.- W-k, 

 the annulations forming obscure cross-liars on the upjjer-Hiirfiue : thi- 

 imder- surface much more bufty than Idack. A rufous iM-ii.-il ••xt.-iidh 

 distally along one-third of the under-surfa<-e, luit is r.'du.M-d aU.v<; 

 where its hairs are tipped and annulated with Idack. 



Skull and Teeth. — The skull of S. phixticn^ is in geneml a 

 small form of 8. miniatus, with relatively longer nasals Iw'twwn which 

 and the premaxillaries intrude wedges of frontal bone. The posterior 

 tenninatiou of the combined nasals is V-sha}>ed, so that their niediniii 

 length is the minimum nasal length. Proportionately a much greater 

 extent of the premaxillaries is visible on the upjxM- surbu-e. (ienenillv 

 the lateral and posterior edges of the frontal form a curve at th»'ir 

 points of junction. The skull is larger than that of .S'. urutfil, with a 

 markedly longer rostrum : the teeth .scarcely differ. 



Measurements. — -Collector's external measiuvments of ty|M' : head 

 and body, 183 ; tail, 185 ; hind-foot, 48 ; ear, 16.5. Cranial measure- 

 ments : greatest length, 46.2; ))asal length, 4() ; palatal length, 22; 

 diastema, 10.6 ; maxillary tooth-row, 8.5 ; median length of nasals, 

 13; greatest breadth of comlmied nasals, 7; inter-orbital breadtli. 17.2 ; 

 cranial breadth al>ove roots of zygomata, 21 ; zygomatic Im-adtli. 2S. 

 Specimens Examined. — Thirteen, all from tlic tyi)c hxality. 



.MITATION -1. 



Example.— Adult female (skin and skull). No. 214:», lU. 8elaagor 

 Museum. Original No. 3389. Other details as alKive. 



Characters and Colour.— Like the t\i.e but tiic u|.|Hr-|«irts 

 throughout brighter, the yellow elenient U-ijig buff and in cvcess of 

 the Ijlack ; below, the rufous colour slightly less intense ; pale latenil 

 stripe similar, but the dark stripe much reduced and strongly grizzled, 

 almost obscured l)y the rufous (u-hraceous tijts of its haii-s. 



Measurements. — For measiu-ements ««•»• p. 204. 



Specimens with this aitkakaxce.— Ten, all l'n>m the fy|«' 

 locality. 



Mri'MliiN j. 



ExAMi'LE.— A<lult female (skin an. I skull). No. 214<M(». S-hiugor 

 Mu.seum, collected 3rd SeptemlnT. 1:»1<». Original No. 3«;9l. Other 

 details as above. 



Character and C<)1-<>ik.— Above mingled black and int.-n.M' buff, 

 the latter so greatlv in excess as to pro«lu.-e a general golden effei-l 

 the upper-surfiK-e of head mhnueous-buff. brightest on the .xciput 

 Ears, ring round eves, fore- and hind-fivt .Hhraceous ; cheeks, .hin aud 

 sides of head and'neck clear buff ; uuder-jKirts rufous; Utenil ntripo 

 pale buff (5 mm. wide), dark lateral striiH- entiivly absent : tail alwve 



