TI. 
RODENTIA, INSECTIVORA, CHIROPTERA. 
BY 
F A. JENTINK. 
With plates VIII, IX, X and XI. 
Rodentia. 
Pteromys . 
Pteromys nitidus Desmarest. 
Sumatra: Kotta Saui near Solok ; skins : d ad. (114) and 9 ad. (115). 
„ Manindjau; skin : 9 ad. (183). 
Sciurus. 
Sciurus bicolor Sparrmann. 
Sumatra: Singkarah; skms : dd ad. (112, 116), skeleton : ad. (120). 
„ Manindjau; skins : dd ad. (169, 198), skeleton : ad. 
(190), skull : 9 ad. (13). 
„ Ajer mantjur near Kaju tanam; skeleton : ad. (2)5). 
„ Solok; skull: ad. (1). 
Java: Tjibodas; skull : ad. (14). 
Sciurus tenuis Horsfield. 
Sumatra: Singkarah; skins: cf 1 ad. (153), 9 ad. (155), nearly 
ad. (159). 
Sciurus toeberi n. sp. (Plates VIII and X, fig s . 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 bodv and more or less prominently 
pencilled ears. It is distinguished from all the hitherto known East- 
