266 EODENTIA. 



* SciUErs QUiNQTJESTRiATUS, Anclr. 



Sciw-ns quinqtiestriatus, Andr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871, p. 142, pi. x. ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. 

 Beng. vol. xliv. (1875, ex. No.), p. 37. 



I obtained this species in April, in the Kakhyen liills, within the Chinese 

 frontier, at an elevation of about 3,000 feet. On my second visit to the same 

 locality, I found it in February, again at the same place, but I did not observe 

 it elsewhere, so that it would appear probably to have a very local distribution. 



It is grizzled above, olive brownish-grey, with a distinct rufous tint, deepest on 

 the dorsal surface ; annulation fine, as in the grizzled squirrels generally ; chin and 

 throat obscurely grizzled greyish, washed with reddish ; a rufous grizzled blacldsh- 

 brown band from the chest along the middle line of the belly to the vent ; external 

 to this, on either side, a broad pm'e white well-defined band from the side of the 

 chest along the belly and prolonged along the inguinal region to the vent ; a broad 

 black band from the hollow of the axilla along the side of the belly, expanding on 

 the inside of the thighs, where it is faintly washed with greyish ; inside of the fore 

 limbs blackish, washed with greyish ; toes black, with rufoiis annulations. Tail 

 nearly as long as the body and head, concolorous with the body, but the black 

 and rufous annulations much broader and more marked, assuming the form of 

 indistinct rufous and black rings on the posterior tliird; tip of tail jet black, 

 narrowly terminated with greyish. 



Inches. 



Length from root of tail to muzzle . . . . . . . .9'50 



Tail 7-10 



The skull is somewhat smaller than the skull of S. caniceps, and its muzzle 

 is more pointed, with the nasals not presenting any lateral contraction, moderately 

 broad posteriorly and gradually expanded. There are, however, no striking differ- 

 ences between the skulls of these widely distinct species. 



S. quinquestriatus has only been as yet found in the above-mentioned hills. 



SciTiRUS viTTATUS, Eaffles. 



Sciums vittatus, Raffles, Trans. Linn. Soc. vol. xiii. 1822, p. 259 ; F. Cuv. Hist. Nat. des Mammif 

 vol. ii. Octobre 1821, livraison xxiii. ; Miiller und Sehlegel, Verhandl. 1839-44, pp. 86 

 and 94; Gray, Hand- List, Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 141; Wagner, Sclireber, Siiugeth. Suppl 

 vol. iii. 1843, p. 199 (in part) ; Cantor, Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xv. 1846, p. 250 (in part) : 

 Blytli, Journ. As. Soc. vol. xvi. 1847, p. 872; »'i?/i?. vol. xxiv. 1855, p. 476 ; Cat. Mamm 

 As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 104 (in part) ; Horsfield, Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co.'s Mus. 1851, p. 152 

 Sehlegel, Nederl.'. Tijdschr. 1868, vol. i. p. 30, pi. ii. fig. 4; W. T. Blauford, Ann. and Mag 

 Nat. Hist. vol. i. 4th ser. 1868, p. 152. 



Sduru>s UoiUatm, Desmarest, Mamm. 1820, Suppl. p. 543; Horsfield, Zool. Reseh. Java, 1824 : 

 Fischer, Syn. Mamm. 1829, p. 358 ; Is. Geoff. St.-Hil. Belanger, Voyage aux Ind. Orient 

 Zool. 1834, p. 147; Gcrvais, Mag. de Zool. 1842; Gray, Hand List, Mamm. B. M. 1843, 

 p. 141 ; Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xvi. 1847, p. 872. 



