338 On a nev) Race o/Sciurus lokriodes. 



depressing their wings weigh on an average one sixth the 

 total weight of their body, the pectoral muscles of bats one 

 thirtcentli, the muscles of the pectoral fins of flying-fish .... 

 one thirty-second," cmd the muscles of a nearly related non- 

 fiyiriy ftsli only one hundred and fifty -fourth. 



As before, it does not prove that bats or flying-fish flap or 

 do not flap their wings, but it gives a difl'crcnt and, I iiope, 

 a proper aspect to the figures which have done duty— of a 

 kind — for so many vears. 



XLVI. — On a new Race q/ Sciurns lokriodes/row Burma. 

 By J. Lewis Bonhote, M.A. 



A SMALL collection of mammals, recently brought home from 

 Bangoon by Capt. A. Mears, contains four specimens of a 

 squirrel closely allied to S. lokriodes, Ilodg.s., but so distinct 

 as to be entitled to subspecific rank. I propose for it the 



Sciurus lolcriodes Mearsi, subsp. n. 



Similar in size and general characters to S. lokriodes, 

 Hodgs., but much paler and greyer than examples from the 

 typical locality. General colour above gre3'ish green, ratlier 

 darker on the back and paler on the flanks, and especially 

 over the thighs. Tail ringed with black and grey and with 

 no black lip. Ears covered with short fulvous hairs. 

 Underparts dull white, purest on the chin, duller on the body ; 

 on the inner side of either thigh is a patch of pale orange, 

 and similar patches, though of a paler tint, are situated on 

 the inner sides of the arms and at the root of the tail, while 

 in some specimens the yellowish tinge tends to cover the 

 whole of the underparts between the limbs. 



The skull shows no marked differences from that of 

 S. loh-iodes except in being slightly smaller, but in its general 

 characters it closely resembles that of the typical race. 



Dimensions (of type in flesh) : — 



Head and body 185 mm. ; tail 172 ; hind foot 40 ; ear 19. 



Skull: greatest lengtii 4.6-5; length of palate from hen- 

 selion 20 ; zygomatic breadtii 27'5 ; greatest breadth of 

 brain-case 20 ; length of nasals 15 ; length of niolar series 

 (alveoli) 10. 



J/ab. L. Chindwin, Burinn. 



