1909. ] MAMMALS FROM WESTERN JAVA. 387 
55. MyDAUS JAVANENSIS Desm. 
483. 92.478. ‘Tji Wangie, Preanger. 
o. 149) immi 152) 168,09 178) 197 @., 145, 195, 200. 
Buitenzorg. 
The specific name meliceps, given by F. Cuvier, Mamm. 
pl. 129, April 1821, is antedated by javanensis Desmarest, 
Mamm. p. 187, 1820; and as both were based on a specimen 
collected by Leschenault de Latour, there can be no question as 
to their identity. 
“¢ Seooong’ (Soendanese). 
‘‘ Nocturnal and fossorial. Rather sluggish in its movements. 
Its offensive smell, especially when disturbed ox irritated, can 
hardly be exaggerated. Plentifulin the mountainous districts of 
West Java.”—G.C.S. 
56. Luvrra CINEREA III. 
3. 1684. ©. 1682. Pangandaran, Dirk de Vries Bay. 
3. 34 imm., 77 imm., 170 imm. @. 33 imm., 78 imm. 
172imm. Buitenzorg. 
1314imm. Batavia Museum. 
g. 25imm. Batavia. 
“« Saro’ (Javanese; Soendanese). ‘ Linsang’ (Jav.). 
“Nocturnal; plentiful in swampy places and along the sea: 
shore.”—G.C.58. 
57. PETAURISTA NITIDA Desm. 
157,158. Buitenzorg Museum. 
A77. Tji Wangie, Preanger. 
“¢ Belook’ (Soend.). ‘ Kooboong.’ 
“Nocturnal; apparently local. Said to be fairly plentiful in 
some districts.” —G. C.8. 
58. Scruroprerus (Hytoperes) sacirra L 
S. lepidus Horsf., auct. 
3. 897. 9. 898. Maos, near Tyilatjap. 
3. 1626, 1627, 1790. @. 1625, 1791. Pangandaran, Dirk 
de Vries Bay. 
g. 1427. Kalipoetjang, Tji-Tandoei R. 
We think we may venture now definitely to determine 
Linneus’s Sciurus sagitta, which has been so long a puzzle to 
workers on this group, its name having been assigned to quite a 
number of different forms. Its locality is stated to be Java, and in 
that island there are only two Flying Squirrels of which the phrase 
“ statura Sciuri vulgaris” could be used, namely, S. lepidus Horsf. 
and S. genibarbis Horsf., and from the latter of these it is 
separable by “seéa una in mala,” sufficiently applicable to the 
present animal. One statement only is inconsistent with this 
conclusion, namely “ cwtis extensa a capitis ad carpum,” as though 
there were an antebrachia! membrane as in the genus Petawrista. 
