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the rank of a species ; but until series from intermediate localities are 

 collected it would be unsafe to presume that the differences between 

 the typical H. auropunctatus and this variety will not be bridged 

 over. 



Some of Dr. Anderson's specimens of H. auropunctatus ^ no doubt 

 also belong to this Burmese race. 



2. Helictis personata, Geof. 



a. h. Manipur, 28/2 and 6/3/81. 



Dr. Anderson ^ places this species as a synonym of H. moschata, 

 Gray; but the most cursory examination either of the original figure 

 or of that given by De Blainville, both referred to by him, would 

 have shown him that it was really different, as the teeth are depicted 

 of a size even larger than is found in either H. nepalensis or 

 oi-ientalis, the two usually recognized representatives of the large- 

 toothed group, while H. moschata is the type of the small-toothed 

 section of the genus. 



The very large size of the teeth seems to be a character of the 

 continental lowland race, in contrast to the comparatively small- 

 toothed Nepalese and Javan forms, these having in their turn far 

 larger teeth than the Chinese H. moschata. Whether now H. nepa- 

 lensis and orientalis are even varietally distinct from each other I am 

 very doubtful, but in any case H. personata, although coming from a 

 more or less intermediate locality, is sufficiently distinct from both 

 by its larger teeth and greyer colour, to merit specific separation. 



The distribution and relations of these three races, H. nepalensis, 

 orientalis, and personata, form an interesting comment on Mr. 

 Wallace's remarks on the Himalayan, Javanese, and Malay faunas^. 



3. TuPAiA BELANGERi, Wagn. 



a. Aimole 11/4/81. b. Machi 1/5/81. 



4. Pteropus medius, Temm. 



a. cJ. Kotschim-kooleh, 7/4/81. 



5. Vesperugo (Vesperus) pachypus, Temm. 



a. Aimole, 14/4/81. 

 This somewhat rare species has been found at isolated localities 

 over nearly the whole of the Oriental Region. 



6. Vesperugo abramus, Temm. 

 a. Aimole, 14/4/81. 



7. Sciuropterus alboniger, Hodgs. 



a.-d. Machi, 4-10/5/81. 

 This species differs much more from S. fimbriatus, Gray, than is 

 generally recognized. The shape and proportions of its skull and 

 the colour of its incisors are markedly different, and it has no trace 

 of the minute extra hind foot-pad characteristic of S. fimbriatus. 



1 Op. cit. p. 173. 2 Op. cit. p. 193. 



3 Island Life, p. 358 (1880). 



