^f)^|)^^)^lll.t fmvi tlu Yi(nii<tti I Ii<jliI<in(Js. 31)0 



Jiupeates forrcsfi , sp. u. 



Size about as iti ^fene/es berdmnrei. General colour of 

 upper surface daik grizzled i^reyisli brown — the mixtuit' 

 rather darker than "cha?tura drab*'; hairs riiif:jed with black 

 and bufl'v. On eacli side a dull and not very conspicuous 

 whitish line from the shoulder to the hip, similar in lon;;tli 

 and position to that found in ^fenetes lierdmorei, but not so 

 conspicuous. The dark line below the white about matchiui; 

 the back. Below this, again, tho flanks are broadly washed 

 with ochraceous, which jiasses on to the belly, where the 

 hairs are slaty basally and ochraceous terminally. A promi- 

 nent contrasted patch of wholly white hairs from chin down 

 neck to chest. Muzzle grizzled butVy and black of a warmer 

 tone than the back ; eyelids strong bulFy ; cheeks, sides of head 

 and neck, and outer base of ear deep ochraceous, without any 

 trace of a darker cheek-line such as is found in Sciurotmnias. 

 Ears bnfly biown, with a darker proectote. Hands grizzled 

 buflfv and brown ; feet similar but darker, sometimes becoming 

 black terminally. Tail of medium length and bushiness, 

 distichous, the hairs ringed buffy and black, with whitish 

 tips. 



Dimensions of the typo (measured by collector) : — 



Head and body 224 mm.; tail 166; hind foot 54; 

 ear 27. 



Skull: greatest length 60*2; zygonintic breadth iil ; 

 nasals 19"4x8; interorbital breadth 14; tip to tip of post- 

 orbital processes 19'0 ; height of crown from alveolus of 

 m^ 14*2; palatilar length 2^0 ; length of bulla 11*5 ; upper 

 cheek-teeth 8'8. 



Hah. as above. 



Type. Old female. B.M. no. 22. 9. 1. 54. Original 

 number 27. Collected 5tli June, 1921. 



"Shot on scrub-clad cliflfs."— (7. F. 



This squirrel represents a genus quite distinct from any 

 hitherto known, and forms a most interesting discovery. In 

 general appearance the animal is like a J/e/je/e.«, its sizi-, d.irk 

 colour, and the whitish lateral line giving it a superliciul 

 resemblance to the members of that genus. 



ly. Tamiupa cliirkei, Thos. 



(J. 28; ?. 29. Mekong Valley, at 27° :W N. 5000'. 

 llth June, 1921. 



These adtlitional specimens of this species — the finest of the 



