(hi lino new Species of f^quirr eh. 455 



Colour above as in S. seraioi. Underparts bright 

 clear oran<;i'-rul"ous." 



(4) Sciurus ruf>i(fiventrls. — Size and <^eiioral appearance 



above and below as in S. notatus tVoni Borneo, but 

 red ot' underparts brighter and cheeks and chin 

 distinctly less fulvous than surrounding parts. 

 Skull with broader, deeper brain-case than in 

 Borncan animal. 



(5) Scuiriis hmtcusi's. — Piilo Laut, North Natunas. "Size 



slightly less than that of <S'. rubidiveufris and colour 

 consj)icuously pallid. Upper parts as in <S. lulescens ; 

 lower parts nearly as in S. serai'ce, but rather less 

 dull ; jiale side-stripe much less yellow than belly. 

 Skull as in S. rubidiventris." 



LVI. — On Two new Species of Squirrels from the East 

 Indies. By J. L. BoNHOTE, B.A. 



"While working at the squirrels in the National Collection I 

 have come across two specimens each of which seems to 

 belong to a hitherto undcscribed species. The first was 

 collected at Klong Morn, Siam, by Mr. S. S. Flower, and I 

 propose for it the name 



Sciurus Floweri, sp. n. 



General colour above greyish brown, rather more rufous 

 along the middle of the back, the colour being most intense 

 on the head and snout. Each hair is dark grey at its base, 

 having a tip of rufous or pale ashy according to its position on 

 the body, and also one or two annulations of a similar colour. 

 These annulations are darkest along the middle line, lighter 

 at the sides, and on the feet and limbs the colour is very \)a\o. 

 The ears and the parts immediately surrounding the mouth are 

 deep rutbus. The underparts and inner sides of the limbs are 

 pure white, interspersed here and there with a few black and 

 chestnut hairs, but not in sufficient numbers to in any way 

 influence the general appearance, which is jjure white. The 

 white exterids slightly on the cheeks and there is a tendency 

 to a white ring round the eye. The tail is about equal in 

 length to the body and moderately bushy ; the hairs are jet- 

 black, annulated with fulvous, and ending in a tulvous tip. 



The skull in its general shape is rather short and stout ; 

 the rostrum tapering and short. The auditory bulhu arc 

 moderately long and laterally tlattened. It most nearly 



