in the Collection of the British Museum. 425 
9. Macroxus maurus. 
Fur very short, rather rigid, black ; sides and sometimes the 
front of the back red-washed ; head and rump minutely punctu- 
lated with white; tail black, white-washed; feet and fore legs 
black ; hairs entirely black to the base, or black with a more or 
less wide red, yellow, or white subterminal band ; the throat, 
chest, and inner part of the body rufous, more or less grizzled 
with black hairs; tail-hairs black, some with more or less dis- 
tinct grey tips. 
Hab. Mexico, Oaxaca (Sallé). B.M. 
The two specimens vary considerably in colour; but they 
agree in the shortness, rigidity, and shining nature of the fur. 
They are named S. lanigerus; but this must be a mistake, 
for they have a very small quantity of lead-coloured under-fur. 
See Sciurus (Macrozxus) Peladii, Lesson, Rev. Zool. 1842, 
p. 180; S. Baird, M. N. A. 282. Hab. Mexico, Realejo 
(Lesson). 
10. Macroxus melania. 
Fur uniform, rather rigid, close-pressed, polished black ; hairs 
uniform black to the base, under-fur black, the longer hairs 
striated, polished ; nape, back, and some spots on the sides of the 
hinder part of the back washed with brown, asif stained. Tail, 
feet, and underside of the body black. 
Hab. West coast of America? Point Berica (Kellet & Wood). 
B.M. 
This squirrel differs from all the black squirrels in the Col- 
lection by the shortness and rigidity of the fur, which has the 
polished appearance of the fur of the otter and other water- 
animals. The brown colour of the back may have been occa- 
sioned by the animal having been kept in confinement, or the 
skin having been stained. 
B. The fur pale grey; hairs grey, black-ringed : or black, the 
hairs being entirely black. 
11. Macrozus neglectus. 
Fur pale iron-grey, nearly uniform ; sides of nose, chin, inner 
sides of limbs, and underside of body, ears, and feet white ; 
under-fur lead-coloured ; hairs of back pale grey, with a black 
subterminal band and white tip: tail pale, white, black-varied 
and white-washed ; hairs white, with two broad blackish bands 
and a long white tip; soles bald. Length of body 14 inches. 
Hab. North America? 9, B.M. 
A heavy animal, as large as Sc. vulpinus aud Se. cinereus, very 
