frovi the East- IitJian Archipelafjn. 251 



.ngainst which it bites, is unusually hirgc and powciftil, more 

 than twice the hulk of the correspoudiu;^ tuoth of T. tana. 



])iuieiisious (ap])roxiniat(', from skin): — 



Head and body 210 millim. ; tail, without terminal pencil, 

 170; hind foot (approximate, from skeleton) 48. 



Skull : basal length 54 ; occiput to nasal tip (J4'5 ; greatest 

 breadth 29 ; nasal tip to front edge of orbit 30"7 ; interorbital 

 breadth 17*0; intertem|)oral breadth 18; palate, length 34, 

 breadth outside '"-^ 1(5, inside "^^ 8-2. Front of iii to'back of 

 ?"i^ 33*3 ; diastenui between — and £: 4*4, between -• and •'• - * 

 09. 



Teeth. — l-J, height above bone behind 4*8, antero-posterior 

 dianu'ter at base 27 ; canine, height 3, diameter 1*7 ; [TTi, 

 height 1'5, diameter 0"G ; ^, height 5'7, diameter 25 ; com- 

 bined Ien<;-ths of "i^lzi^ 10-G, of „^n^ lOvS. 



Hah. Zamboanga, W. Mindanao, Philippine Islands. 



Type Brit. Mus. 79. 5. 3. 11. Coll. Alfred H. Everett, 

 Esq. 



This striking species has in a general way the skull of T. 

 tana and the external appearance of T. ferrugineaj with the 

 skins of which in fact the type has hitherto lain unnoticed in 

 the Museum collection. The distinctness of the two, how- 

 ever, at once became apparent on direct comparison, and in 

 describing it I have much pleasure in connecting with it the 

 name of its collector, to whose labours we are so largely 

 indebted for our knowledge of the zoology of this region. 



Since, as Mr. Everett lias shown f, the island of Palawan 

 is not, zoologically considered, properly a part of the Philip- 

 pine Archipelago, the present is, as far as I know, the first 

 record of the genus Tiqmia in that group. 



Tupaia picta, sp. n. 



Rather smaller than T. ferruginea ; more heavily built 

 than T. dorsalis. General colour of back olive-grey, coarsely 

 grizzled with yellowish; more rufous posteriorly. Centre of 

 back with a distinct dorsal stripe extending from the withers 

 to the rump, the stripe better defined than m T. montana, 

 but neither so long nor so sharply defined as in T. dorsalis. 

 Head, hands, and feet dull grizzled olive ; sides dark rufous ; 

 a distinct shoulder-stripe present. Underside grey, the hairs 

 washed terminally with yellow ; chin and chest rich yellow 



* The most anterior premolar. Specimens in the Museum show that 

 this tooth changes in Tiqmia, and is therefore clearlj' ?^, the true '— of 

 Carnivora and Inbectivora never changing. 



t P. Z. S. 1889, p. 220. 



