KUNGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND 57. N:0 2- 31 



area being only confined to an area at the feet. Round the ear-opening there is a dis- 

 tinct circle formed by salmon coloured hairs, each hair being black at the base. Behind 

 the ear there is a verv distinct black patch. 



In my specimens the tail is about 10 cm. longer than the length of the body from 

 the tip of the nose to the vent, why Bonhote's statement that the tail is only slightly 

 longer does not seem to be correct. 



The females seems to be larger than the males. The skulls of the females are charac- 

 terized from those of the males by their long and pointed rostrum. Only in one of my 

 specimens (2) do the nasals extend backwards beyond the premaxillare, in the other 

 two specimens the premaxillare extends a short distance behind the posterior extremity 

 of the nasals. On the frontals there is a large groove between the orbits and that groove 

 is verv well-marked indeed in the male specimen in my collectioii. 



Skull measurements o" 



Q O 



78,3 



mm. 



80,0 mm 



74,0 



» 



76,2 



49,0 



» 



51,0 » 



16,1 





19,3 » 



17,8 





19,3 » 



32,0 



T> 



32,3 



25,2 



» 



24,1 » 



14,6 



t 



13,8 » 



8,0 





8,5 » 



17.0 



» 



16.0 



27,6 



,, 



28,2 » 



18,0 



>» 



18,8 » 



Greatest length 72,4 mm. 



Condylus to gnathion 70,0 » 



Basicranial length 68,1 » 



Zygomatic width 50,2 » 



Least interorbital width 18,0 



Least postorbital width 18,3 



Width of brain case 32,0 » 



Length of nasals mesially 21,2 



Breadth of nasals anteriorlv .... 13,1 

 Breadth of nasals posteriorly .... 7,6 



Diastema 15.0 » 



Distance from lachrymal notch to 



tip of nasals 25,0 



Maxillary toothrow 17,3 » 



Ratufa phseopepla marana. Thos. cV Wbought. 



Journ. Bombay Xat. Hist. Soc. vol. 24 N:o 2. 191(1 p. 227. 



2 Koon Tan, Northern Siarn, - 9 /o 1914. — Nose to vent = 395 mm.; tail = 545 mm.; ear = 33 mm. 

 — 2 Koon Tan 5 /« 1914. — Nose to vent = 400 mm.; tail = 545 mm. — 2 Koon Tan u /i 1914. — 

 Nose to vent = 405 mm.; tail = 439 mm. — 2 Koon Tan r '/c 1914. — Nose to vent = 385 mm.; tail = 

 520 mm. — 2 Pak Koh, Northern Siarn, »% 1914. — Nose to vent = 360 mm.: tail = 515 mm. 



The whole series of this fine Squirrel is verv uniform and in all specimens, except 

 that one shot at Pak Koh, the colour of the upper parts of the body is pure brownish 

 black. In the Pak Koh specimen the procedure by Thomas called »bleaching» is verv 

 evident the general colouration of this specimen being nearest »verona brown»of Ridge- 



W AV. 



This species, which generally goes about single, is found in bamboo-jungles as well 

 as in the evergreen forests, and seems entirely to be found in hilly country. It is not 

 verv shv and rather easv to obtain. 



