254 EODENTIA. 



into pale rufous on the sides of the neck, body, and thighs, the rufous not being 

 much pronounced. The fore limbs externally are greyish-brown, the feet being 

 dark brown, almost black, and the hind limbs are of the same colour. The hairs 

 generally of the upper parts are annulated in the same way as in ^S*. lokriah, 

 there being about eight alternate black or brownish and yellow bands, the basal 

 portion of the hair being dark blackish-grey. The upper light colour is produced 

 by the pale nature of the bands and the admixture of many nearly white hairs. 

 On the head, the annulation of the hairs has almost entirely disapj)eared. The 

 tail is regularly annulated orange and black, the hair being broadly tipped with 

 orange. 



The specimen yielding the foregoing description was obtained in Sumatra by 

 Raffles, and its body from the tip of the muzzle to the root of the tail measures 

 8 inches, and the tail 6, and with hair 8 inches. The species has also been found 

 in Malacca and in Pulo Panjang in the Gulf of Siam. The animals referred by 

 Miiller and Schlegel to Borneo and Canton seem to me to be examples of ^S*. tenuis, 

 Horsfd., if they are not the young of ^S*. modestus. 



Miiller and Schlegel's figure is a good representation of the species. 



SciuRUS CHiNENSis, Gray. 



Sciurns chinensis, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 144; Horsfd. Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co.'s Mus. 



1851, p. 159; Swinhoe, Proe. Zool. Soc. 1870, p. 634. 

 Macroxus chinensis, Gray, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. xx. 18G7, p. 283. 



The fiu" is rather short and coarse, and dark brown with glossy tips to the longer 

 black hairs, as in S. pUli2^2^ensis. It is very finely piinctulated with yellow. The 

 two types of this species, both from the same locality. Canton, in China, differ con- 

 siderably from one another ; one is a male and the other appears to be a female. In 

 the former, the upper surface of the head contrasts with the rest of the upper parts 

 in bemg pale reddish-brown, passing gradually, however, into the colour of the 

 surrounding parts. The hinder half of the side of the neck and the lower portion of 

 the shoiilder and the upper half of the fore leg are pale reddish-brown ; the tail beino' 

 uniformly pale brown without any annulations. In the supposed female, the head 

 and shoulders agree with the rest of the upper surface, which is less punctulated 

 and slightly darker than in the male. The tail is darker, and the hairs are slightly 

 grey-tipped. In the male, the chin, throat, and chest are wliite, but the sides of 

 the belly are slightly rufous, the latter having a wliite central streak. The chin, 

 throat, and chest of the female are not so pure white, and the belly is slightly more 

 rufous; in another specimen, there is also a tendency to form a pale mesial 

 abdominal Hue. The ears are moderately long, and clad on their backs with 

 short hairs. 



The tail appears to be longer than the body, but in one specimen it is imperfect, 

 and the other is so badly stuffed that its measurements would not give its correct 

 proportions. 



