207 



SCirurs (TKNM'IS) soltlMhl >. 

 Kloss, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), vii.. j). ll'.i. 1:»11. 



Type. — Adult female (skin and skullj, No. -Jlo? !•». .S•liln^'or 

 Museum, colloctod on (Irt'at K^'daiii,' Island, off Tn-n^,'),'aiiu, •'ii.st f(jii»it 

 of the Malay Pouiusulii. 'Jiul S<'].t«"iiil.. r. I'.tid, l.y ('. H,mI.-ii K'1«»hii. 

 Ori^iual No. 3720. 



Characters. — A ionn of <S'. It'imix, iliaru<t»'ri>f<l l>y tin- muhH hkidl. 

 even and regular posterior t<*nniiuition.s of tli<' nasals and |ircniaxilhirit><i, 

 and by duller colour, closely resemhlini,' in tlit- latt«'r cliiinictfr .S. trniiin 

 surdiis, Miller, from Tran<^.* 



Colour. — Upper-parts a speckle oi Mack and intMliuni-l»ufr (not 

 ochraceou.s-buif as iu S. ffimix tijj>irus), hrii^litrst on niu/./.l«' and lii'a«l. 

 A rinyj round the eye, Imft" (not buff-ocliraceous) : t-ars. ton-- and hind- 

 feet, a wash on sides of head, shoulders, t'on'-liuilis and tlii'/lis. jmIc 

 dull oehraoeous (not bright ochraceous). 



Below, whitish-grey, suffused with crt'ani-liiitl" (palt-r than in N. 

 tenuis), strongest on lower tliroat, dit'st and uu'dian line of aUlonien. 



Tail annulated black and l)uif, tlie bases of the hairs oehraeeoun- 

 buff, the tips buft-white ; ])ase of under-side butt' to bnff.«>dira«-eouH 

 (not ochraceous) : a scarcely perceptiltle lilack ]K>n('il. 



Skull and Teeth. — The skidl and t«H'th generally resemble tho.ne 

 of 8. tenuis and S. t. mo-dii.^ but are smaller : the posterior terminatious 

 of the nasals and premaxillaries are prat-tically in a line, so that tho 

 sutiu*es run evenly and continuously with a slight curve from si«l«« 

 to side, and their serrations are not long and ragged l>ut sliort and 

 regular. The median nasal length is generally the maxinnun ; iu 

 S. tenuis it is. owing to the jV-^^^'M'^'^ terminations of tlie combin«'d 

 nasals, frequently the mininunn. 



Measurements. — Collector's ext«'rnal measuivments of tyi*^ : hi*atl 

 and body, 135; tail. 105; hind-foot. 31.5; ear. 13. Cmniiil measun'- 

 ments: greatest length. 30.3; basal length, 32.3; j)alatal lemrth. 1«;.2; 

 diastema, 7.8; maxillary tooth-row, 0.9; median l.-ngth of na.sjil^. 

 10.2 ; greatest breadth of combined nas«ils. 5.1 ; inter-orbital bnwlth. 

 12.2; cranial breadth al)ove the root.s of /ygomatn. 17.2: /.ygoiimtio 

 breadth, 22. 



Specimens Examined.— Ten. all from the ty|H> l.Kabty. 



Remarks.— The cr.mial characters of this island s.iuirnd s«'i«rato 

 it clearlv from oth(>r races of the same group. It is curi.>us to find 

 tliat it differs markedly in colour from tho briirht animal inhabiting 

 the adjacent mainland and n-sembles the (hdl-e.Kite.| N. /. *Hn/.M. 

 occupying a district on the wst coast considenibly to the north of 

 Ti'engganu. 



• " Proioediiiirs of tli<' Wn.ohinpton Acailcmy of Science*," rol. ii. i» **'' 

 Oct.. l»ti. 



