II. 
RODENTIA, INSECTIVORA, CHIROPTERA. 
BY 
F A. JENTINK. 
With plates VIII, IX, X and XL 
RODENTIA. 
Pteromys. 
Pteromys nitidus Desmarest. 
Sumatra: Kotta Sani near Solok ; skins: cf ad. (114) and 9 ad. (115). 
„ Manindjau; skin: 9 ad. (183). 
Sciurus. 
Sciurus hicolor Sparrmann. 
Sumatra: Singkarah; skiais: d'cP ad. (112, 116), skeleton: ad. (120). 
„ Manindjau; skins: cTcT ad. (169, 198), skeleton: ad. 
(190), skull: 9 ad. (13). 
„ Ajer mantjur near Kaju tanam; skeleton: ad. (215). 
„ Solok; skull: ad. (1). 
Java: Tjibodas; skull: ad. (14). 
Sciurus tenuis Horsfield. 
Sumatra: Singkarah; skins: cT ad. (153), 9 ad. (155), cT nearly 
ad. (159). 
Sciurus weheri n. sp. (Plates VIII and X, figs. 1 , 2 and 3). 
Celebes: Luwu near Palopo, central Celebes; three adult skins, two 
skeletons and one skull (586). 
This beautiful Squirrel belongs to a group of middle sized species, 
consisting of Sciurus leucomus, rosenbergii and others having no stri- 
pes or bands on the sides of the body and more or less prominently 
pencilled ears. It is distinguished from all the hitherto known East- 
