252 Mr. O. Tliomas on some nein MammaUa 



or orange. Tail Ijroad and biisliy, evenly distlcliou^?, its hairs 

 above basiilly mixed red and black, at the tip and below 

 brilliant eliestnut-rufous. 



Skull mucii as in T. ferruginea, but the zygomatic vacuity 

 reduced to a long narrow slit about 4"5 millim. long and oidy 

 about 1 millim. high. 



Teeth also not materially different from those of T. ferni- 

 ginea. 



Dimensions of the type (Brit. ;Mus. 92. 2. 8. 1) * : — 



\\q?^a\ and body 185 millim. ; tail 1G2 ; hind foot 42*5. 



Skull: basal length 45 ; greatest breadth 26'3 ; nasal tip 

 to front edge of orbit 21; interorbital breadth 15; intcr- 

 temj)oral breadth 17'5; palate, length 27*5, breadth outside 

 5id 15, inside "^ 8'5 ; front of iJ to back of "i^' 26-4 ; dia.«- 

 tema between 'i^ and 5.- 4, between i- and ^^ 1"8. 



Ihib. Baram, N. Borneo. First collected by ^Ir. Hose; 

 other specimens since received from Mr. Everett. 



This handsome species is readily distinguishable from 

 T. ferruginea and T. splendidula by its duller body-colour 

 and the presence of a black dorsal stripe ; from T. tana by its 

 smaller size and shorter muzzle ; from T. dorsalis by its less 

 defined dorsal line, bushier tail, and heavier teeth; and from 

 T. monfana, described below, by its brilliantly rufous tail and 

 coarsely grizzled back. 



Tupaia montana^ sp. n. 



Kather smaller than T. ftrruginea. Dark grizzled rufous 

 above, with an indistinct black dorsal line from tiie witiiers 

 to the rump, broadening out and almost indistinguishable 

 over the loins. Tail rather short ; above dull grizzled rufous, 

 below more olivaceous yellow, the lateral hairs ringed ter- 

 minally with black. 



Dimensions : — 



Head and body of type ( S) (c) 200 millim. ; tail (c.) 140 ; 

 hind foot 41. Front of iii to back of 'J^ 27 ; back of iii' to 

 front of 'L4-5. 



llah. Mount Dalit, 5000 feet ((7. Hose). 



Tupaia melanura^ sp. n. 



Size of T. mino7\ General colour of T. jdvanica, but 

 without the shoulder-stripe. Tail slender, cylindrical, close- 



* Tlio sptciinon selected as the type is one of >[?. Kvevett's. Mr. Hose's 

 orioiiial s]ieeiiueii having an inipovfect skull; the latter gtiith'a.an is, 

 however, the lir,-l iliseoverer of the species. 



