GOO DR. A. B. MEYER ON A NEW saUIRREL. [NoV. 4, 



Sciurus 7-osenhergi, Jent., from Sangi Island to the north of 



Celebes. 

 „ weberi, Jent., from Central Celebes. 

 „ notatus, Bodd., from South Celebes and the island of 



Saleyer to the south of Celebes. 



On the other hand, from the Phihppines only three species were 

 known, viz. : — 



(1) Sciurus philippinensis, Waterh., from Mindanao (P. Z. S. 



1839, p. 117) and Basilan {fide Steere), which is insuffi- 

 ciently described, but is said to be closely allied to Sc. tenuis, 

 Horsf., a widespread species (c/. Jentink, Notes, 1883, p. 12.5). 



(2) S. steerii, Gthr , from the islands of Balabac and Palawan 



(P. Z. S. 18/6, p. 73.5, plate Ixix.), which is a brown-red 

 species. And the small 



(3) 8. concinnus, Thomas, from the island of Basilan (Ann. Mag. 



N. H. 6th ser. ii. p. 407, 1888), which is similar to the widely 

 spread Sc. exilis, M. & Schl. 



To these three species two have been quite recently added by Prof. 



Steere, tliougli only provisionally and insufficiently described, viz. : — ■ 



Sciurus mindanensis, Steere, from Mindanao ; and 



Sciurus samarensis, Steere, from the islands of Samar and 



Leyte (see " A List of the Birds and Mammals collected 



by the Steere Exped.," Ann Arbour, Mich., July 14, 1890, 



p. 29 et seq.). 



The new species, which I am about to describe, has, so far as I 

 see, nothing to do with these five species already known from the 

 Philippines. I propose to name it 



Sciurus cagsi, n. sp. 



Fur short and rather stiff. Upper parts entirely blackish, varie- 

 gated or grizzled with light yellowish brown, each hair being black, 

 ringed with yellow near the tip ; bristles entirely black as well as the 

 whiskers ; ears covered with short hair of same colour as body ; 

 cheeks and side parts of head and neck rather more yellowish. 

 Underparts greyish or brownish white, under base of tail more or 

 less ferruginous. Tail bushy, variegated with reddish brown, black, 

 and white above ; heneath brown, edged laterally on each side by a 

 longitudinal black stripe, bordered externally with white ; end of 

 t.iil white. 



Skull rather elongated ; premolars y, the anterior minute molars 

 broad ; m.^ 3 mm. in breadth ; the series of dentition parallel. 



Measurements of type (an adult skin, No. 2007 Mus. Dresd.). 



milliin. 



Head and body 220 



Tail without hairs c. 1 70 



Tail with hairs c. 270 



Hind foot 47 



