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INSECTIVOEA. 



The following appear to be the different species of this genus, but it is 

 highly probable that other intermediate forms will yet be discovered in the 

 Malayan region : — 



TuPAiA ELLiOTi, Watcrhousc, Plate VII, figs. 12 and 13, skull. 



Tupaia ellioti, Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1849, pp. 106, 108, pi. xiii; Jerdon, Mamm. India, 



1867, p. 64; Ball. Proc. As. Soc. Beng. 1874, p. 95. 

 Cladobates ellioii, Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. Suppl., v. 1855, p. 526 ; Giebel, Saugeth., 1859, 



p. 914; Fitzinger, Sitzgsbr. der K. Akad. Wien. 1870, vol. Ix, p. 278. 



Pur soft and moderately thick, pale rufous brown, darkest on the back, and 

 paler on the sides. Length of fur 0*46 ; the basal black band not exceeding 0*15, 

 and succeeded by yellow, black, yellow-and-black bands. The light-coloured 

 bands are pale yellow on the sides and pale ferruginous on the back. The longest 

 hairs, which, as in the other species, occur on the hind quarters, are 0*75 inch 

 in length. The upper surface of the tail is concolorous with the upper surface of 

 the body. The upper surface of the head is more brown than rufescent, and is more 

 finely annulated than the rest of the fur. There is a pale* line from the muzzle 

 over the eye and a similar area below the eye. The shoulder stripe is also pale. 

 The feet are clothed with yellow unannulated hairs. The under surface of the 

 body is white, tinged with yellowish. The median line of short hairs on the tail 

 is a darker yeUow than the feet. 



The species is about the same size as T. ferruginea and T. helangeri, but the 

 tail appears to be a little longer than in these species. 



Waterhouse states that it is about the same size as T. tana, but his measurements 

 of the body are 2*66 inches less than those of the latter species as given by Horsfield. 



Measurements of an adult male in alcohol : j^j^j^^g 



Snout to vent 7'82 



Vent to tip of tail 7-17 



Snout to anterior angle of eye -77 



Eye -36 



Posterior angle of eye to upper angle of ear , . . . • -32 



Greatest depth of ear '77 



„ breadth of ear , -58 



Fore foot, and nail -94 



Middle toe -40 



Length of hind foot 1-72 



„ of middle toe -58 



Measurements of 3 skulls of T. ellioti : 



Occipital crest to tip of premaxillaries 



Inferior margin of foramen magnum to premaxillaries 



Greatest breadth across zygomatic arch 



„ „ across parietals .... 



Inches. 



Inches. 



1-72 



1-70 



1-54 



1-52 



? 



•84 



•68 



•68 



Inches. 



•84 

 •66 



