300 RODENTIA. 



Scimoptera phap-ei, Blyth, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xxviii. 1859, p. 278; ibid. vol. xliv. 1875, 

 p. 35 ; Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 97. 



This species, which is a little larger than P. geniharbis, is recognised by the rich, 

 uniform rufous-brown colour of the fur of the upper parts and tail, the latter being 

 bright rusty beneath, bushy and distichous. The margin of the membrane and the 

 sides of the face below the eye are reddish-yellow, and the dorsal surface of the 

 parachute dark brown. On the upper surface of the body each hair is grey at the 

 base ; and the interspersed longer hairs which are numerous, are bright brown 

 or reddish-yeUow at their apices. The fur is dense and woolly. On the under 

 parts and inside of the limbs the hairs are yellowish-white and not grey at 

 their bases. Cheek-bristles absent. 



Inches. 



Body 9-00 



Tail 8-25 



Animals from the Island of Banka appear to be paler than those from Java and 

 the Malayan peninsula. The foregoing are the localities of its known distribution 

 along with Tenasserim and Cambodja. The P. cmrantiacus, Wagner, appears to be 

 an immature animal from the Island of Banka ; and the P. pliayrei of Tenasserim, 

 which Blyth at first regarded as P. sagitta, but afterwards as akin to P. horsfieldii, 

 is also apparently an example of this species. 



Ptbromts spadicetjs,^ Blyth. 



Sciuroptera spadicea, Blj'th, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. xvi. 1847, p, 867, pi. xxxvi. fig. 1; ihid. 



vol. xxviii. 1859, p. 278. 

 Sciiiropterus spadiceus, Blyth, Cat. Mamm. As. Soc. Mus. 1863, p. 97 ; Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. 



xUv. 1875, p. 35, ex. no. 



This is a small species of a bright ferruginous bay colour on the upper surface, 

 the under parts being woolly and dull white, with the membrane, limbs and tail 

 dusky; the last third of the tail being pale rufous, inclining to pale yeUowish- 

 white. 



Inches. 



Length of body 5'00 



tail 4-25 



It is only known by Blyth's description of three specimens from Arracan. 



' In the British Maseum, there is a small flying squirrel from Cambodja, which appears, to be closely allied to 

 P. spadiceus, from which, however, it apparently only differs in having a white tip to its tail. The upper surface 

 of the head and back is rufous brown, the parachute being dull blackish-brown washed with rufous on its inner 

 half, but not externally. The sides of the face and below the eye and moustache are white, tipped with rufous. 

 Chin, throat, sides of neck, and chest are pure white, passing into pale yellowish, almost ermine white, so to speak, on 

 the belly. On the under surface of the parachute the bases of the hairs are grey, but they are broadly tipped with 

 white, and on the rest of the under parts they are wholly white. The tail is distichous and pale yellowish-brown 

 at its base, passing into brownish-black in the rest of its extent, except at the tip, which is white. Length of the body 

 and head 4 inches, tail 3| inches long. 



