of the Sciurus Provostii Group. ItjO 



(7) Sciurus Prevostii horneoensis, iVom Pontiaiiak, S.W. 



Boriioo. 



(8) Sciurus /'revosd'i redtmitu.<ty locality unknown. 

 (y) Sciurus Prevostii liaffiesii^ trom Sumatra. 



(10) Sciurus Prevostii rufogaster, from Cliina (doubtful). 



W\\\\ regard to the last two forms, there is not sufficient 

 material to judge whether they be distinct or not. The 

 types, which are the only specimens I have had an oppor- 

 tunity of examining, seem to me identical, and it is quite 

 probable that they both came from the same place, as the 

 exact locality of rufogaster is very doubtful. 



In addition to the forms mentioned above, Mr. G. Miller, Jr., 

 has recently described * two otlier insular forms, viz. : — 



Sciurus miruellus, from Pulo Wai, Tambelan Ishind. 

 Sciurus 7nimiculuSj from !Ste. Barbe Island. 



They are distinguished from Sc. Prevostii typicus by the 

 narrowness of the white band, especially on the thighs, and, 

 as might be expected, are most nearly allied to Sc. F. 

 navigator of this paper. 



Sc. mimiculus differs from Sc. mitnellus only in its smaller 

 size. 



Sciurus Prevostii tgpicus, Dosm. 



Sciurus Prevot<tii, Desni. Maiiiin. \6'22, y. 335; Schlegel, Nederland. 

 Tijdschr. vol. i. 1803, p. 1^4, pi. i. tijr. 1 ; Andersun, Zool. Res. 

 Yunnan f, 1878, p. 269; Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 358. 



General colour above deep black, bordered on either side 

 from the tip of the nose to the outer side of the limbs by a 

 bro<Td white stripe, which has a tendency to be slightly 

 grizzled on tiie checks. The whole of the underparts, in- 

 cluding the outer side of the fore limbs, deep chestnut. There 

 is a siiort black stripe, always present, but of varying width 

 and intensity, running between the thighs and the shoulders 

 immediately beneath the wliite lateral strijje. Tail uniformly 

 black throughout, frequently bleaching to a light brown. 



Dimensions (from skin) : — Head and body 2oQ uiillim., 

 tail 270, hind foot (s. u.) 58. 



JJab. Malay Peninsula ; Singapore, Malacca, Penang. 



♦ Proc. Wash. Ac. Sc. vol. ii. p. 218 (1900). 



t A full synonynij' for the irhoU' group will be found in Dr. .\nderson's 

 work qu<)t*»<l above. 



