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white as to appear drab, parachute rufous ; below pure white, 

 tinged with rufous on outer edges of parachute. Individual hairs 

 of the back basally ' mouse grey ' ( 20 mm.), then reddish (5 mm.), 

 and remainder reddish white with a very short black tip (^2-3 mm.). 

 Head coloured like back, face becoming white with slight rufous 

 tinge, cheeks white, a grey patch in front of ears, bay tuft behind 

 them. 



Distal half of back of ear white. Hands and feet rufous like 

 parachute. Tail drab grey, with well marked black tip. 



Dimensions of the type. — Recorded by the Collector. — Head and 

 body, 405 ; tail, 610; hindfoot, 84; ear, 44. Skull, greatest 

 length, 77; basilar length, 60 ; greatest breadth, 51 ; molars, 17 - 5. 



Habitat. — Upper Burma westward to Cachar whence the 

 Museum possesses a specimen. Type from Kindat, Upper Burma. 



Type.— Adult male. B. M. No. 10, 10, 19, 3. Collected 20th 

 August 1907, and presented to the Natural History Museum by 

 C. H. Hobart, Esq. 



Remarks.- — There are specimens in the Museum Collection from 

 Cachar and the Naga Hills. Blanford called these yunnanensis, 

 but that species is quite a dark animal, with comparatively little 

 grizzling and with a black tail. I think there can be no doubt 

 that notwithstanding their utterly different facies, this species, 

 yunnanensis, lylei, and cineraceus are very closely related. 



When specimens are available from the Shan States it is quite 

 probable that the form ■ of that country will prove to be true 

 yunnanensis. 



(13) Petaurista punctatus, Gray. 



1846. Pteromys punctatus, Gray, A. M. N. H., XVIII, p. 211. 



This species was based on a specimen from Malacca and is 

 quite distinct from any other known form, by its peculiar pattern 

 of white spots on a hazel-brown ground. It is noteworthy that 

 other specimens from Malacca agree with melanotus the normal 

 Malay form. The general type of coloration seems rather to ally 

 it with yunnanensis. Personally I believe the specimen to be 

 abnormal but it is useless to speculate until more specimens are 

 available. 



