230 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE [Apr. 1 6, 



6. Crocidura(Crocidura), sp. inc. 



a-c. 1000 feet. 1887 and 1888. 



In the present state of our knowledge I am unable to name these 

 Shrews with certainty. They are allied to, but markedly larger 

 than, C. fuliginosa, Blyth. 



7. Pteromys nitidus, Desm. 



a. Very young. 3000 feet. 4/88. 



8. SciuRus BicoLOR EPHippiuM, Temm. 

 a. $ . 3000 feet. 14/3/88. 



9. SciuRus prevostii, Desm. 



ff, I. 1000 feet. March, 1887. 

 c,d. 1000 feet. 1888. 



a, h, and c are of the grey-backed form of this species, and d of 

 the black form, " S. pluto, Gray." 



10. SciURUS jentinki, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) xx. p. 129 



(1887). 



a. ? . 3000 feet. 14/2/87. Type. 



b. 3000 feet. 14/2/87. 

 Native name " Tigae." 



Size about equal to that of S. tenuis, Horsf. General colour of 

 upper surface yellowish grey, strongly suffused with orange on the 

 bead and along the centre of the back. Hairs dark slaty grey for 

 four filths of their length, their tips yellow or orange. Face grey, 

 but with a white rim round each eye. Ears extremely sliort, rounded, 

 their edges white or pale yellow, and standing out in marked contrast 

 against a patch of wholly black hairs situated just behind them 

 on the sides of the neck. Hairs of chin, chest, and belly slaty grey 

 basally, dnll yellowish white distally ; line of demarcation on sides 

 quite gradual. Limbs coloured as in S. tenuis ; hind soles hairy for 

 their proximal 8 millini. Tail slender, the hairs being comparatively 

 short, only about 10 or 12 millim. in length ; these hairs are broadly 

 ringed with orange basally, and have a black subterminal and a 

 white terminal baud. 



Incisors dark yellow above and below ; premolars " ; molars rather 

 smaller and lighter than those of S. tenuis. 



Dimensions of specimen a, a female, preserved in skin : — 



Head and body 140 millim. ; tail, without hairs 103, with hairs 

 13G ; hind foot 32'5 ; ear, above crown 4-0. 



Skull : tip of nasals to bregma 25 ; greatest breadth 20 ; length 

 of nasals 9-.5 ; interorbital breadth 11-8 ; palate, length 16'6 ; length 

 of upper tooth series 6'4. 



This species is most nearly allied to S. tenuis, Horsf., which ranges 

 from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo, and of which there are a large 

 number of examples in the Natural History Museum. It differs, 

 however, in its much paler orange-washed back, shorter and more 



