276 = Dr. J. E. Gray’s Synopsis of the Asiatic Squirrels 
2. Macrozxus bicolor. 
Sciurus bicolor, Sparrm.; Horsf. Java, t.; Kuhl. 
Sc. javensis, Schreb. t. 216; Shaw. 
Se. macrouroides, Hodgson. 
Se. giganteus, M‘Clelland. 
?Sc. abessinicus, Gmelin. 
Black ; belly yellow or white; legs black, front of legs whitish. 
Fur harsh. 
Var. a. Pale; belly white. 
Sc. albiceps, Geoff., Desm. 
Sc. Leschenaultii, Desm. 
Se. Desmarestit, Fischer. 
Sc. hypoleucus, Horsf. 
Sc. humeralis, Coulson. 
?Sc. affinis, Raffles. 
Sc. ochraceus, Temm. 
Var. 6. Fur white; belly pale yellow. 
Sc. aureiventer, I. Geoff. Mag. Zool. 1832, t.5; Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1842, 
t. 4. f. 1-4. 
Hab. India, Nepal (Hodgson): B.M. Java, Sumatra: B.M. 
Malay peninsula: B.M. 
Fur rather harsh ; hairs generally of one colour, of the nape 
and tail sometimes pale-tipped. Black; chin, under surface and 
inside of limbs yellow or white, varying from black to blackish 
brown or grey brown and whitish grey. The legs and feet in 
the black specimens are black, with more or less of white hairs 
on their front. The head of one dark specimen is whitish. 
3. Macroxus ephippium. 
Sciurus ephippium, S. Muller, Verh. t. 
Fur rather short, soft, very variable in colour, from black 
minutely grizzled to pale reddish brown; the throat, cheeks, and 
feet red or yellow. 
Hab. Borneo: B.M. Celebes (Verreaux): B.M. 
Il. Medium size. Back with three black longitudinal streaks ; fur 
‘grizzled olive and yellow; chin and beneath yellowish ; tail 
as long as the body. Laria. 
4, Macroxus insignis. 
Sciurus insignis, Horsf. Z. Java, t.; Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1842, t. 32. f. 5 
(skull). 
Sc. trivirgatus, Franks. 
Sides reddish ; tail dark, whitish- waabod : hairs of three co- 
lours—yellow, black, and grey at the tip. 
Hab. Sumatra: B.M. Java. 
III. Medium size. Lower part of the sides of the body with a black 
