160 CATALOGUE. 



HAB. The Peninsula of India and Ceylon. 



A. Presented by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 



B. Presented by John McClelland, Esq. 



216. PTEROMYS NOBILIS, Gray Sp. 



Sciuropterus nobilis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. X. 



1842, p. 263. 

 Sciuropterus chrysotrix, Hodgson, Journ. As. Beng. XIII. 



p. 67. 

 Sciuropterus aurostrigatus, Hodgson, Zool. Nep. fide Gray, 



Cat. Mamm. Br. Mm. p. 134. 

 Pteromys nobilis, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. XVI. 



p. 866. 

 The Golden -streaked Taguan, Gray, Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus, 



p. 134. 



HAB. Nepal. Hills generally, but chiefly the central and 

 northern regions, Hodgson. Darjeeling, Pearson, Blyth. 



A. Presented by J. T. Pearson, Esq. 



" Above, intense ochreous chestnut, mixed with black, and divided 

 down the spine by a golden yellow line, and margined externally by the 

 same hue, which also spreads over the shoulders and thighs. Below, 

 and the flying membrane, with the lower limbs and tail, intense orange- 

 red deepening into ochreous on the margin of the membrane, and on 

 the limbs, ophthalmic and mystacial regions, defined by black ; chin 

 dark, cheeks mixed, a pale golden spot on the nasal bridge. Two 

 inches of end of tail, black. Ears, outside, concolorous with lower 

 surface. Tail longer than the animal, and cylindric. Pelage thick 

 and soft, and glossy, woolly and hairy piles ; average length of latter 

 an inch and one-third. Snout to rump, fifteen inches. Head to 

 occiput (straight), three inches and three-eighths. Tail, seventeen 

 inches and a half ; less terminal hair, fifteen inches and a half. Ears, 

 one inch and one-third. Palma, less nails, one inch and seven-eighths. 

 Planta, less nails, two inches and seven-eighths. Sexes alike. 



" Remark. In colour much like Magnificus, but invariably distin- 

 guished by the pale golden line down the spine." (Hodgson, /. c.) 



217. PTEROMYS CANICEPS, Gray, 8p. 



Sciuropterus caniceps, Gray, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. X. 1842, 

 p. 262 ; Cat. Mamm. Br. Mus. p. 135. 



