SCIURUS PLANTANI. 



likewise a character for dividing Squirrels into two groups : according to these, I 

 shall now attempt a general list of Indian Squirrels. I shall first enumerate those 

 in which the body is marked, either laterally or above, with longitudinal lines or 

 streaks ; these form one section : — in the second, the upper and under parts present a 

 considerable contrast in colour ; the former are uniformly of a dark, and the latter 

 of a light tint. Between these, a new species, from Siam, may be placed, in which 

 the colour is uniform throughout. 



I shall commence the Catalogue with the subject described in this article ; after 

 which a new species from Java wiU be placed, which has been named nigrovittatus : 

 several other species follow, which are marked with lateral stride ; and then those in 

 which the striae are disposed along the back. The series will be completed by those 

 animals in which the upper and lower parts differ more strikingly in colour. 



GENERAL ENUMERATION OF INDIAN SCIURL 



1. SCIURUS PLANTANI, Pennant, Ljung, 1781, 1784. 



Sc. supra fulvo fuscoque varius, subtus circulo oculos cingente strigaque utrinque 



laterali fulvis, cauda corpore paululum longiore nigro annulata. 

 Native place, the Island of Java. 

 Described from specimens in the Honourable East India Company's Museum. 



2. SCIURUS NIGROVITTATUS, NoUs, 1803. 



Sc. supra fulvo griseo fuscoque saturato varius, margine abdominali circuloque oculos 

 cingente pallidioribus, subtus canus, striga laterali nigra, cauda corpore longiore 

 nigro annulata. 



This species agrees with the former in the distribution of the external 

 marks ; but it is somewhat larger in size, and, as far as I have observed, less abundant 

 in Java, It has also, above, a darker tint ; and the under side is gray, with a blueish 

 cast ; the transverse bands of the tail are broader, and more strongly marked. The 

 black hne along the sides affords a clear specific distinction. 



Native place, the Island of Java. 



Museum of the East India Company. 



