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grey, then laterally there is a broad band on each side of rich olive- 

 yellow, and the tips are grizzled yellow and black. 



Skull and teeth apparently not definitely distinguishable from 

 those of T, ferruginea. Zygomatic vacuity large, widely open, about 

 5x2 millira. in the type. 



Dimensions : — Head and body (e.) 200 millim. ; tail (c.) 140 (the 

 extreme tip of the tail in the type is apparently wanting ; the tail- 

 length in h and c is 127 and 153 respectively); hind foot 41. 



Skull : basal length (e.) 45"5 ; greatest breadth 27 ; anterior rim 

 of orbit to nasal tip 22*5 ; interorbital breadth 15 ; palate, length 

 27*8, breadth outside i^ 16'4, inside m^ 9'7 ; diastema betvreen i^ 

 and c 4-5, between c and p^ I'l ; front of ^ to back of m^ 27. 



T. montana is most nearly allied to T. ferruginea. Raff., and T. 

 picta, Thos.^ It is distinguished from both by the colour of its tail, 

 the former having this member dull annulated grey, and the latter 

 brilliant rufous ; it has also a shorter tail than either. From the 

 former again it is separated by developing in old age a median dorsal 

 black line, and from the latter, in which the line is present at all 

 ages, by its less sharp definition, and also the greater uniformity of 

 the general dorsal coloration. 



6. TupAiA MINOR, Giinth. 



a. c?. 4500 feet. 9/10/91. 



b. ?. 4000 feet. 10/10/91. 



These specimens precisely agree with Dr. Giinther's types, and 

 equally differ from the typical T.javanica in their smaller size and 

 pure white bellies. 



7. TUPAIA MELANURA, ThoS.^ 



a. $.5000 feet. 10/91. Type. 



Size very small, less than in T. minor. Fur very soft, close, and 

 velvety. General colour dark olivaceous grey, finely sprinkled with 

 yellow, a slight suffusion of dark rufous on the rump and base of 

 tail. Face rather clearer olive ; a short orange-coloured stripe above 

 and below the eye, but not passing backwards towards the ear. No 

 pale shoulder-stripe present. Belly-hairs grey basally, washed termi- 

 nally, from chin to anus, with bright orange. Outer sides of limbs like 

 back, inner sides like belly ; upper surfaces of hands and feet nearly 

 black. Tail furred and coloured like body for about its basal inch 

 and a half above and half inch below, but beyond that it differs from 

 that of all other species by being quite cylindrical and short-haired, 

 the hairs being closely adpressed and not forming a terminal pencil ; 

 in colour the short-haired part is deep jet-black throughout. 



Skull (Plate XIX. figs. 4 and 5) delicate, smooth, and evenly 

 rounded. Zygomatic foramen reduced to a minute oval opening, 

 which will scarcely admit the point of a needle. Palate without 

 vacuities. 



Teeth. F nearly as long as i^ ; double-rooted. Canine and £: also 



' Described Ann. Mae. N. H. (6) ix, p. 261. 

 ^ L. c. p. 252. 



