ilic Laiirjnr^ hilniJ'idng Ci'i/hm. 511 



of tlic arms and tliiuhs, cold l)rowiii5>li gi'cy, darkest towards 

 the shoulders and withers, lighter and greyer upon the loins 

 and thighs, where the whitish hair-tips increase in length. 

 Crown of head covered by pale yellow ish-brown hairs, which 

 are much lighter in colour than in the other subspecies. Those 

 pale hairs are continued backwards over the nape, instead of 

 ending just behind the occiput. Whiskers large and w^liite, 

 in very sharp contrast with the surrounding parts. Tri- 

 angular rump-patch well defined ; it, together with the root 

 of the tail, silvery white. Underparts, including the inner 

 surfaces of the limbs, dark brownish grey ; but the chin 

 and throat dirty white. Colour of outer surfaces of limits 

 gradually deepening distally ; the hands and feet dusky or 

 almost black above. Tail light brownish grey throughout, 

 ■with the exception of the tip, which is white. 



Skull Avith the facial portion longer and forming a more 

 acute angle (42° in an adult male, 41° in an adult female), 

 with a horizontal plane passing through the external 

 occipital protuberance and the gnathion, than in v. vetnlus. 

 The orbits also are slightly deeper antero-posteriorly in 

 philHpsi; and correlated with this, firstly, the postorbital 

 region is more constricted and the place of constriction some- 

 what more posterior ; and, secondly, the distances between 

 711° and the pterygoid fossa and between m^ and the condyle 

 are greater. The sexual differences seen in the skulls of 

 V. vetulus are not apparent in the skulls of the present form 

 in the material before me. Possibly the only adult male 

 skull now available belongs to an unusually small individual ; 

 but if so, then there must be some considerable difference 

 in size between v. vetulus and v. phiUipsi, as will be seen by 

 comparing the measurements of the female skulls of both 

 forms in the table at p. 514. 



For external and cranial measurements, see tables at 

 pp. 513 and 514. 



Tijpe. Adult male. B.M.no.23. 1.19.1. Original no. 60. 

 Collected at Gonapola, Panadura District, Ceylon, Dec. 12, 

 1914, and presented to the British Museum by the Colombo 

 Museum. 



Hah, S.W. Ceylon, Panadura District (drier zone, 

 average rainfall 75'^-100" per annum). 



Remarks. — We are greatly indebted to Mr. W. W. A. 

 Phillips, who for several years has been engaged in collect- 

 ing and working out the mammals of Ceylon. From the 

 extensive material which he has gathered in the south- 

 western part of the island he has mo^t generously enriched 

 the national collection with long series of specimens accom- 



