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2. Petaurista punctata sumatrana subsp. nov. (PI. Ill) . 



Like P. p. punctata of the Malay Peninsula but much 

 less flecked with white : the spots being almost absent on 

 head, neck, shoulders, rump, thighs and basal part of tail. 



Skull generally similar but rostrum broader and 

 shorter : zj'^gomata noticablj' broader and more bowed 

 outward anteriorly ; but interpterygoid space and basi- 

 occipital narrower : loothrows not converging anteriorly. 



Type. Adult female, skin and skull, from the Padang 

 Highlands, West Sumatra (probably near Fort de Kock). 

 Obtained by E. Jacobson on 29 Mav 1918. Original number 

 E. J. 398. 



External measurements taken in the flesh : head and 

 body 345 ; tail 375 ; hindfoot 65 ; ear 29 mm. 



SIxull measurements : greatest length, 62-3 (63-0)^ ; 

 basilar length, 51-0 (50-5) ; diastema, 13-2 (13-2) ; upper 

 tooth row, 13-9 (11-0) ; interpterygoid breadth, 51 (0-2) ; 

 breadth between bullae, 9-0 (11-0) ; anterior and posterior 

 breadths of combined nasals, 11-4, 7*7 (10*5, 6-9) ; median 

 length of nasals, 17-0 (19-0) ; zygomatic breadth, 42-0 

 (42-0) ; mastoid breadth, 32-5 (33-0). 



Remarks. This is the first time this interesting 

 squirrel has been taken in Sumatra. P. punctata seems to 

 be a rare animal everywhere. Other forms have been 

 described from S. Yunnan {marica Thos.) and the Chin 

 Hills {sybilla Thos.). Apparantly a mountain species. 



3. Sciurus notatus tamansari subsp. nov. 



Like the animal inhabiting the lowlands of East Java^ 

 but darker and more richly coloured throughout. 



Head, body and limbs above less grey, more olivaceous, 

 the pale parts of the grizzle being ochraceous. Fore and 

 hind feet darker grey, contrasting more strongly with the 

 limbs. Ears and sides of head and neck ochraceous. 

 Underparts darker, nearly ochraceous-orange. Tail more 

 richly coloured both above and below, the lower median 

 line like the under-body. 



Type. Adult female (skin and skull) from Tamansari, 

 Idjen Massif, 1,600 ft., about 15 miles westwards from 

 Hanjoewangi, East Java. Collected on 18 January 1920 

 by C. Boden Kloss. Original No. 8,634 : F.M.S. Mus. No. 

 34/20. 



External measurements taken in the flesh : head and 

 body, 200 ; tail, 185 ; hindfoot s.u., 45 ; ear, 18 mm. 



'Measurements in parentheses those of an adult male from 

 the Larut Hills near Taiping, Perak, 2,100 ft., F.M.S. Mus. No. 

 1427/11. 



"To some extent this resembles, as might be expected, S. n. 

 madurae Thos. (Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (8), V, 1910, p. 386; 

 Madura Id.). 



