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specimen having £nll date, particulars, and measurements, and it 

 is by these, and these alone, that local races and seasonal 

 changes can be made out. 



1. EONYOTEEIS SPEL.EA (Dobs.). 



Macroglossa spelcea, Dobson, J. A. S. B. xl. 1871, pt. 2, p. 261, 

 pi. X. figs. 3, 4. 



Eoyiycteris speloea (Dobs.), Flower, P. Z, S. 1900, p. 341. 



a. 2 . Nan, Siam. 10th May, 1900. 



6. $ . Nan, Siam. 3rd June, 1900. 



As predicted by Mr. S. S. Plower last year, this species is now 

 recorded for the first time from Siam. 



2. Me&adebma spasma (L.). 



Vespertilio spasma, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 47 (1766). 

 Megaderma spasma (L.), Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 344. 

 a, h. Sokotai, Siam. 20th February, 1900. 



3. Herpestes exilis Grerv. 



Herpestes exilis, Gerv. Voy. Bonite, 1841, pi. iii. 

 fferjpestes javanious (Desm.), Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 332. 

 a. cS. Nan, Siam ; alt. 200 m. 16th May, 1900. 

 Agrees in all respects with the specimen mentioned in Mr. 

 Flower's paper quoted above. 



4. Petaurista ltlei Bonh. 



Petaurista lylei, Bonhote, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 192. 



a. cJ imm. E. Mee Nan, Utaradit; alt. 61 m. 20th March, 

 1900. 



This specimen is only about half-grown and differs from the 

 adults in several respects. The tail is grizzled nearly to its tip, 

 which is black, the grey hairs being very woolly. The edge of the 

 parachute, which in the adults is rufous succeeded by a narrow 

 black Hue, is in this specimen hght grey ; the fore half of the ear 

 is grizzled rufous, not bright red ; the uuderparts are lighter, and 

 the long stiif black hairs at the edge of tiie shoulder are softer and 

 grizzled with rufous. 



5. SciuRus piJsriiATSoisri (Horsf.). 



Sciurus finlaysoni, Horsf. Zool. Eesearch. .Tava, 1824 ; Anders. 

 Zool. Ptes. Yunnan, p. 243 (1879) ; Thos. P. Z. S. 1898, p. 245 ; 

 Bonbole, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 193; Flower, P. Z. S. 1900, p. 335. 



Type A. Sc. finlaysotd. 



f. 6 ad. sk. E. Mee Nan ; alt. 75 m. 4th April, 1900. 

 Type B. Sc. splendens Grray. 



d. c? ad. sk. Below Utaradit, E. Mee Nan ; alt. 58 m. 

 11th March, 1900. 



e. 2 ad.sk. Above Utaradit, E. Mee Nan; alt. 64 m. 3rd° 

 April, 1900. Pregnant with two young. 



