366 SCIURIDiE. 



Dimensions. A. much smaller animal than P. magnificus, head and 

 body (in a dried skin) about. 14 or 15 inches. Basal length of 

 skuil about 2 inches, zygomatic breadth 1-7. 



iJistrihiition. A male specimen was obtained by L. Fea in Ka- 

 rennee, at about 4000 ft. The original type is more rufous, being 

 bay abo\e, and came from Malacca. I am indebted to Mr. Thomas 

 for information about the discovery of this species in Burma. 



Genus SCIUROPTEHUS, F. Cuv. (1825). 



Interferaoral membrane rudimentary, not including any portion 

 of the tail. Lateral membrane less broad than in Fteromys, and 

 the supporting cartilage shorter, not extending to the elbow. 



Dentition : i. |, pm. ^, m. !^i as in Sciurus and Pteronuis ; the 

 molars, however, are much less complicated than in Pteromys, and 

 more like those of Sciurus ; they wear, as a rule, into very 

 strongly marked transverse ridges. The postorbital processes of 

 the skull are directed somewhat backwards, as in Sciarus. Ver- 

 tebra} : C. 7, D. 12, L. 7, S. 3, C. 27 (in S. alhoniger). 



In other respects the genus resembles Pteromys. In some 

 species, as S. alhoniger and S. lepidus, the mammae are iuguinal 

 and ventral, in others pectoral and ventral, and always in three pairs, 



Synopsis of Lidian, Ceylonese, and Burmese Species. 



A. No pencils of long hair at base of ear-conch. 



a. Light brown above ; head and body 10 inches. «S'. fimhricdus, p. 866. 

 h. Hoary or blackish above ; head and body 8'o. S. albomijer, p. 367. 



c. Yellowish brown above ; head and body 6. . »S'. sayitta, p. .367. 



d. Chestnut above ; head and body 5 inches . . S. spadlccus, p. 368. 

 B Pencils of hair, longer than ear, at base of 



conch. 



a. Head and body 10-12 inches ; hind foot over 2. S.fuscicapillus, p. 368. 



b. Head and body 8 inches ; hind foot TS .... iS. pearsoni, p. 369. 



233. Sciuropterus fimbriatus. The smaller Kashmir Flying- 

 S(piirrel. 



Sciuropterus fimbriatus, Grai/, CharlestvorWs May. N. H. i, p. .584 

 (1837) ; id. P. Z. S. 1837^ p. 67 ; Bhjth, J. A. S. B. xvi, p. ^m ; 

 id. Cat. p. 96; Jerdon, Mam. p. i7S;' Scully, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 204. 



Pteromys linibriatus, Anderso7i, An. Zool. Res. p. 296; AUton, 

 P. Z. S. 1879, p. 665. 



Ears large, bluntly pointed, tliiidy clad, witliout any pencils of 

 long hair at their base. The fringe of soft hair to tlu' parachute 

 and feet well developed. Tail slightly flattened. Skull elongate. 

 A small supplementary pad on outer side of planta behind pad 

 of 5th toe ; metatarsal pad elongate, distant from toe-jjads. 



Colour above on the head, body, and membrane light brown, 

 nioj-(i or less mixed with black on the back. In rare cases the 



