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Skull. — ^Lari^vi" liiaii in uny niciuhcr of tlic i^roiip tliul we liave seen. 



Dimensions of the Type. — Head and bodj, 234 ; tall {c) 270 ; 

 hind-foot, 60 mm. 



Skull.— Greatest len^'th, 69; basilar Icno-tli, 4(16; zygomatic 

 In'eadtli, 33; nasals 17; intororliital breadth. 20; upper molar series, 

 n mm. 



Habitat. — N. Siam (Tvpe from Mi'tiing ra]iids, alt. HUO feet). 



Type.— Adult male : B.M. N<x 7.11.13.17. Collected and presented 

 to the British Museum hv T. H. Lyle, Esq. 



Specimens Examined. — Foui-. 



SCIURrS CVSTANEIVEXTKIS liDXHOTlvl , siih.y). nor. 



Size ratlier large. 



General colour. — Ahove a fine tawny grizzle ; helow chestnut. 

 Pace, hands and feet like hack, but grizzle finer. Tail like hack, hut 

 grizzle hecomiiig rapidly coarser and developing distally into a 

 transverse l)arred pattern, l)lack and tawiiy. 



Dimensions of the Type. — (Measured on the skin.) Head and 

 hody, 270; tail, 200; hind-foot, 54; ear, 24 nun. 



Skull. — Greatest length, 62; grea^test hreadth, 34; nasals, 16; 

 diastema, 12.6; upper molar series, 11 mm. 



Habitat. — Szechuen, China (Type from Chin Chien San). 



Type,— Adidt female : B.M. ^o. 8.8.11.25. Collected and presented 

 to the British Museum by Mr. F. W. Styan. 



SCri'RrS C'AST.\Xi:rVEXTRIS MICHIAXUS, sk'jS}^ »<'f. 



Size rather smaller. 



General colour. — Above a grey grizzle, giving the general effect 

 of '-hair brown"; below "hazel." Face, hands and feet coloured 

 like the ])ack ; ears like the belly. Tail like l)ack l)ut the grizzle 

 growing coarser, until it constitutes in the distal half an indistinct 

 transverse black and yellowish barred pattern, the tip l)lack l)ut 

 disguised by the long white tips of the terminal liairs. 



Skull.-— vSmall and slenderly built, teeth small. 



Dimensions op the Type. — (Measured on ;the skin). Head and 

 body, 240 ; tail, 180 ; hind-foot, 60 ; ear, 26 mnL* 



Skull.— Greatest length (c) 60; greatest l)r(Vidtii (<■) 30; nasals, 

 16.6 ; diastema, 11.6 ; upper molar series, 9.6 mm. 



Habitat.— Yunnan, South China (Typo from Mee Chee). 



Type.— Adult female: B.M. No. 8.11.14,13. Collected on 6th 

 Janriary, 1903, and presented to the British Mu.seum l>v Mr. 

 F. W. Stvan. 



RCIUEUS XOTATUS BALSSITOXT. srihsp. nor. 



A local race of the Javanese 8c. notatm from which it is 

 distinguished by the darker colouring above and the brighter colouring 

 of the lower surface and by a In-oad pale ring round the eve not 

 present in the ty])ical /S'r. nofalus from VVestern Java. 



