280 Dr. J. EH. Gray’s Synopsis of the Asiatic Squirrels 
and belly white; head reddish-washed; middle of the back 
often black, with three narrow linear pale stripes ; lateral stripes 
widest, linear. Larger and darker, with narrower stripes than 
the former. 
Hab. Madras (Leach & Elhot, type in B.M.). India, Ceylon 
(Lord Walden, Kelaart). 
17. Macroxus Layardit. 
Sciurus Layardii, Kelaart, in B.M. 
Fur blackish, very minutely punctulated with white; middle 
of the back black, with three longitudinal linear streaks; the 
vertebral one the widest, orange-red ; the side ones very narrow, 
linear, white; chin, chest, and underside red; tail black, ob- 
scurely annulated with white, and with a black tip. 
Hab. Ceylon (Lord Walden). 3B.M. 
Sent from Ceylon as Sc. Barleei; but the lateral streak 1 is 
not continued under the eyes. 
18. Macroxus sublineatus. 
Sciurus sublineatus, Waterh. P. Z.S. 1838, p. 19. 
Se. Delessertii, Gervais, Mag. Zool. 1842, t. i. f. 1-3 (t. 2. f. 1, 4, skull). 
Dark olive, very minutely punctulated; back blackish, with 
three indistinct narrow, linear, white streaks; chin and beneath 
reddish grey; tail blackish, slightly yellow-varied. 
Hab. India, Nilgherries. Ceylon (Lord Walden). Water- 
house and Delessert’s type in B.M. 
VII. Medium size or small. Back grizzled, without any dorsal or 
lateral longitudinal stripes. 
a. Chest and belly grey or white. Nos. 19-24. 
b. Chest grey; belly red. Nos. 25, 26. 
. Chest and belly dark red brown. 
Tail black (rarely red). Nos. 27-30. 
Tail indistinctly rimged, with black tip. No. 31. 
Tail dark grizzled, end white. No. 32. 
d. Chest and belly reddish yellow. 
Tail not annulated, end black. No. 33. 
Tail blackish, punctulated, whitish-washed. No. 34. 
Tail reddish, short. No, 35. 
. Fur above and below red brown. Nos. 36, 37. 
Fur above and below white. No. 38. 
ie) 
rho 
a. Chest and belly grey or white; fur greys punctulated ; tail as 
long as body and head, annulated. Middle size or small. 
19. Macroxus caniceps. 
Sc. caniceps, Gray, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 1842, p. 212. 
