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highly coloured without, however, approaching the bright colouring 

 of & the Himalayan forms. The one exception mentioned above is 

 from the Shevaroy Hills, and both in size and colouring it more 

 resembles the Bombay form. When material is available from the 

 type locality of oral and from other places linking up with Cinde- 

 rella and philippensis some light will no doubt be thrown on the 

 inter-relation of all these forms. 



JVofe.— Since the above was written, I have examined 3 specimens 

 kindly sent to me for that purpose by the Society. One from 

 Supa in N. Kanara is practically a topo type of Elliot's philippensis. 

 It is a young animal and less brightly coloured than a more 

 mature beast would be. The other two, one from Hoshangabad, 

 and a second from Rajputana, are apparently Cinderella, though the 

 latter, when more specimens are available, may prove to be yet 

 another and still smaller form. 



(2) Petaurista lylei, Bonhote. 



1900. Petaurista lylei, Bonh. P. Z. S. 1901, p. 192. 



Description.— Fur (40 mm.) long on back. General colour 

 above as in philippensis; below salmon buff. Individual hairs of 

 back basally drab grey (15 mm.), then hazel darkening to chestnut 

 (15 mm.), and finally white (5-6 mm.) tipped black. Face like 

 back but pattern finer, cheeks still finer, distal half of back of ears 

 bright orange rufous, tuft behind ears black. Chin brown-black 

 throat hazel, grizzled white (sometimes extending, as a medium 

 line, down belly.) Parachute below bright rufous at extreme edge. 

 Tail black, tinged reddish for { length. 



Size.— Head and body, 475; tail, 575; hindfoot, 85; ear, 50; 

 Skull, greatest length, 80 ; basilar length, 63,; greatest breadth, 52; 



molars, 17. 



■Remarks.— Though so like philippensis in very many ways 1 

 believe this form is most closely related to the Chinese yunnanensis, 

 Anderson. 



(3) Petaurista cineraceus, Blyth. 



1847. Pteromys petaurista cineraceus, Blyth, J. A. S. B., XV. 

 p. 865. 



