117 



Head and body ± 40 1, 37.5 2; fore-arm, 40.5, 38.2; tibia, 14.6, 

 15.3 ; eai', 11.5, 12.5. Front of canines to post-occipital extremitj-, 

 16.5, 16.1; occipito-sinual length. 13.3, 12.9; cranial length, 10.0, 10.1; 

 cranial bi'eadth, 7.9, 7.6; zygomatic breadth 7.0, 6.8; greatest rostral 

 breadth, 4.0, 3.9; palatilar length, 6.2, 6.0; maxillary tooth row, 5.S, 

 5.7 ; mandibular tooth row, 6.1, 5.9 ; mandible, 9.6, 9.3 mm. 

 15. PETAURISTA NITIDA CICUR, Rob. & Kloss. 



Rohinson and Kloss, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (8) xiii, p. 223 (1914). 



8 (? , 1 ? . Ban Kok Klap, Bandon, N.E. Malay Peninsula. June, July, 1913. 



The large series of this flying squirrel obtained are quite constant 

 in the cliaracters which differentiate the form from P. n. melanotus 

 from the remaining parts of the Peninsula. 



The colour is rich chestnut not bay and the hairs of the l)ack 

 have marked black tips. The black on the hands and feet and i-ound 

 the ears is more extensive and the postorbital pi-ocesses of the skull 

 are longer and broader than in the southern race. 



Very common in the orchards round Ban Kok Klap, feeding 

 on the durian trees the fruit of which was just ripening at the time 

 of our visit. 



No less than five specimens were shot on one tree witliin half an 

 hour. All the specimens appeared to he rutting. 



It is curious that this district should produce so distinct a form 

 of flying squirrel, the more so as individuals from Trang a hundred 

 miles to the south belong to P. n. melanotus as do also skins collected 

 by Finlayson and ascribed to Bangkok, tliougli tin's locality is open 

 to doubt. 



(For measurements see p. 123.) 



10. RATUPA MELAXOPEPLA PENINSULvE, Miller. 



Ratufa melanopepla peninsula?, Miller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll. 61, 

 No. 21, p. 25 (1913). 



? . Kao >;awng, Bandon, N.E. Malay Peninsula, 1,400 feet. June, 1913. 

 ? . Ban Kok Klap, Bandon, N.E. Malay Peninsula. July, 1913. 



Not particularly common at either station. 



Agree in dimensions witli R. m. peninsula' from Trang, in no 

 way approaching in size Ratvj'a phxopepla^^ Miller, from Southern 

 Tenasserim. A re-examination of the twelve specimens forming the 

 type series of R. melanopejyla originally stated to have come from 

 Trang shows that the type and three other individuals which differ 

 noticeably from the remainder were taken on Telibon Island off the 

 coast ; tlie name R. melanopepla must therefore be restricted to 

 specimens from that locality while * mainland animals from Bandon 

 southwards will be known as above. In colour they do not differ 

 from the form from the adjacent islands but are larger. 



(For measurements see p. 123.) 



1 Male example. - Female example. ^ Miller, Smithsonian Misc. Coll., vo. 61, 

 No. 21, p. 25. •* Miller loc. cit. 



