1878.] W. T. Blanford — On some Mammals from Tenasserlm. 1G3 



band in the middle of the back, although there is a slight indication o£ 

 darkening in one specimen. In the original description of S. herd- 

 morei* it was said to have an obscure pale central dorsal streak, flanked by 

 a blackish band, but in a subsequent descriptionf of an example sent from 

 Moulmain the three black bands of the back were especially noticed. Sub- 

 sequently /S. mouhoti was described by Gray and then identified by the 

 describer with >S'. herdmorei, an identification adopted by Blyth.J It is 

 possible that the two forms pass into each other, but they look very differ- 

 ent, and for the present I prefer retaining Gray's name for the variety 

 before me, of which the following is a description. 



The upper surface is yellowish brown, puncticulated, the hairs being black 

 with two buff rings. The fine woolly under-fur is dark slate-coloured at the 

 base with buff tips. On each side of the back there are two longitudinal pale 

 lines extending from the shoulder to the thigh, the upper narrow and well 

 defined, the lower broader and less marked. Between the two and above 

 the upper pale line, the fur is darker in some specimens, but apparently this 

 is not constant. The sides below the lower pale lateral bands are greyish 

 brown puncticulated. The lower parts throughout are white, sometimes 

 tinged with buff. The tail hairs are light brown at the base, then blacky 

 then brown again, then black to near the tips, which are whitish. Whiskers 

 black. The ears are rounded with very short hairs outside. 



The bare planta on the hind feet extends further towards the heel than 

 in the more typical^ arboreal squirrels, S. caniceps, S. atridorsaUs and S, 

 jphayrei, in which the bare portion ends about -I- to ^ of an inch from the 

 proximal extremity of the tarsus, whereas in S. mouhoti it extends to the 

 joint. The claws too in &. moulioti are rather less curved, and the pads on 

 the feet appear more raised. 



The following are measurements in inches taken by Mr. Davison, before 

 skinning, on two females, the first from Kaukaryit, the second from 

 Myawadi, both east of Moulmain, and of the male preserved by Mr. Lim- 

 borg in spirit. 



1? 2? 3^ 



Length from nose to anus, 7'3 6*8 6*4! 



„ of tail from anus, 5 8 56 5*4 



„ of hairs at end of tail, 2* 2* 



Total 151 ll'4i 



* J. A. S. B., 1849, XVIII, Pt. 1, p. 603. 



t J. A. S. B., 1859, XXVIII, p. 418. 



t J. A. S. B., 1875, XLIV, rt. 2, Extra number, p. 37. 



