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Dimensions of a female, measured in the flesh by Major Mayor: — 



Head and body 336 mm. ; tail 366 ; hindfoot 73 ; ear 23-5 ; 

 weight 2 lbs. 6 oz. 



Skull, greatest length, 71. 



Hob. — Central Highlands of Ceylon. " Found in great abund- 

 ance at Newera Ellia " (Kelaart). Four specimens obtained by 

 Major Mayor at Pattipola, 6,200'. 



(B.) Batufa macroura mela7tochra, subsp. n. 



Upper surface wholly black, without grizzling on rump or along 

 line of demarcation. Undersurface, forearms and lower legs a 

 deeper and more ochraceous buffy than in true macrourus, the line of 

 separation very sharply defined. Muzzle tawny. Crown patch pale 

 brown. Area below ears buffy. Fingers and toes black, the black 

 extending to the metapodials. Tail either wholly deep black, or 

 with an inconspicuous buffy line along its centre below ; no white 

 grizzling to the hairs. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in the flesh : — 



Head and body 355 mm. ; tail 365 ; hindfoot 74 ; ear 26. 



Skull, greatest length 70. 



Hob. of type. — Kottawa, Southern Province. Alt. 280.' A 

 specimen in the Museum from " Pasdon Corola." 



Type. — Adult female. B. M. No. 15. 7. 1. 4. Original number 

 19. Collected 12th April 1913 by Major E. W. Mayor. Presented 

 by the Bombay Natural History Society. Two specimens. 



The chief distinction of this animal from macroura is the 

 complete disappearance of the white grizzling from the rump, sides, 

 and tail. 



(C.) Batufa macroura dandolena*, subsp. n. 



General colour above grizzled grey, with an underlying brownish 

 suffusion ; a varying area on the shoulders and middle line of rump 

 often black or blackish. Undersurface clear light buff, the hairs 

 generally buffy to their bases. Frontal patch black, contrasting 

 with the general gTey colour. Crown patch between ears buffy. 

 Long hairs of ears black, the metectote buffy ; a black or blackish 

 line running vertically downwards from the posterior base of the ear. 

 Muzzle and cheeks light buffy, the large dark area between and 

 below eye and ear present in other form usually completely replaced 

 by buffy. Arms and legs cream-buffy, the ends of the fingers and 

 toes only black. Tail black, broadly washed with grey, becoming 

 greyer terminally, and in some specimens almost uniformly grey in 

 its terminal portion ; a whitish line along its centre below. 



* Singhalese name for the species, fide Kelaart and Blanford. 



