SCIURUS PLANTANI. 



5. SCIURUS INSIGNIS, Desmar. 



Sc. fuscus griseo variegatus, subtus albidus, striis tribus nigris longitudinalibus, 

 hypochondriis femoribusque taenia ferruginea diflfiisa lateribus colli et abdominis 

 angusta notatis. 



JBokJeol, of the Javanese. 



Lary, of the Natives of Sumatra. 



Sciurus insignis, Le Lary, Fred. Cuv. Mamm. lithogr. 34'?' Livr. 



Sciurus insignis, Desmar. Encijcl. Method. Mammalog. p. 544. Horsf. Zool. Res. in 

 Java, Sx,c. No. 5. 



Native place, the Island of Java. Observed in 1806. 



Museum of the East India Company. 



6. SCIURUS PALMARUM, Linn. 



Sc. supra griseo fuscoque varius striis tribus flavicantibus, subtus albus, Cauda supra 



rufescente subtus albida, pilis nigris varia. 

 Ecureuil Palmiste vulgairement Rat Palmiste, Sriss. Regn. anim. p. 156. n. 10. 

 Mustek africana, Clus. exot. p. 112. c. fig. lonst. Quadr. p. 106, Eus. nieremb. Hist. 



Nat. lib. IX. cap. 32. p. 172. c.fig. Raii syn. quadr. p. 230. 

 Le Palmiste, Buff. Hist. Nat. torn. X. p. 126, t. 26. 

 Palm Squirrel, Penn. Hist. Quadr. Ed. 3. II. 149. 

 Sciurus Palmarum, Linn. Syst. Ed. Gmel. I. p. 149. Shaw's Zool. II. p. 146. Desmar. 



Encycl. Mammalog. p. 336. 

 Das Palmen Eichhorn, Schreber Saugth. IV. p. 802. Tab. CCXX. 

 Sciurus peniceUatus, Leach. Zool. 3£isc. I. p. 6. Tab. 1. 

 Native place, continental India. 

 Museum of Joseph Sabine, Esq. London. 



7. SCIURUS FINLAYSONII, Nobis. 



Sc. lacteus dorso flavescente, oculis vibrissis palmis plantisque nigris, cauda pilis 



nigris raris interspersa. 

 Ecureuil blanc de Siam, Buff. Hist. Nat. VII. p. 256-. 



This species is dedicated to the memory of Dr. George Finlayson, (of His 

 Majesty's 59th Regiment,) the naturalist, who accompanied John Crawfurd, Esq. in 



