Indian-Squirrels by liaving a ratlier Iroad black hand alonr/ the spine 
of the hack, running from the necl^:, increasing in broadness in the 
middle of the back and diminishing towards the root of the tail. The 
ears are adorned with rather long black hairs which form a kind of 
small pencil. It is to be observed that in one of the three type-spe- 
cimens the black earpencils are slightly tipped with white. For the 
rest the upperparts and sides of the head and body and the legs are 
covered with very soft hairs showing a reddish-black tinge , occasioned 
by being each black hair ringed with reddish ; the underside of head , 
the breast , belly and inside of legs have the black hairs largely tipped 
with red, so that the named parts present a fine red hue. The tail 
shows undistinct rings; upperpart of tail with hairs ringed with red 
and black ending in white tips; towards the tip of the tail the red 
and white disappear so that the tip of that organ is black; as the 
tail is distichous it is evident, that on the underside the red tinge 
prevails. The whiskers are black ; they reach as far backwards as the 
end of the earpencils. 
Incisors light orange colored: there are two upper premolars, of which 
the foremost one is very well developed. Skeleton with 7 cervicales, 
12 costales, 7 lumbares, 3 sacrales and 28 caudales. 
Dimensions of one of the type-specimens, being an adult female. 
Head and body Mm. 187 
Tail without tuft „ 142 
„ w^ith tuft „220 
Hind foot „ 43 
Ear with pencil „ 17 
Length of skull „ 45 
Greatest breadth „ 27 
Length of nasals „ 11 
„ „ palate „ 16.5 
„ „ uppermolar series . . . . „ 8 . 
Distance between upper incisor and first 
premolar „ 10 
Sciurus notatus Boddaert. 
Java: Buitenzorg; skins: 24:4: a, h , 245, 248, 598, 599; skeletons: 
600, 601. 
Sumatra: Pajakombo; skins: 202, 203. 
„ Singkarah; skins: 103, 104, 128, 154; skull: 143. 
