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Show 230 MR. O. THOMAS ON THE [Apr. 1^» 6. CROCIDURA (CROCIDURA), sp. inc. a-c. 1000 feet. 1887 and 1888. In the present state of our knowledge I am unable to name these Shrews with certainty. They are allied to, but markedly larger than, C. fuliginosa, Blyth. 7. PTEROMYS NITIDUS, Desm. a. Very young. 3000 feet. 4/88. 8. SCIURUS BICOLOR EPHIPPIUM, Temm. A. 2 • 3000 feet. 14/3/88. 9. SCIURUS PREVOSTII, Desm. a, b. 1000 feet. March, 1887. c, d. 1000 feet. 1888. a, b, and c are of the grey-backed form of this species, and d of the black form, " S. pluto, Gray." 10. SCIURUS JENTINKI, Thos. Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) xx. p. 129 (1887). a. ? . 3000 feet. 14/2/87. Type. b. 3000 feet. 14/2/87. Native name " Tigae." Size about equal to that of S. tenuis, Horsf. General colour of upper surface yellowish grey, strongly suffused with orange on the head and along the centre of the back. Hairs dark slaty grey for four fifths of their length, their tips yellow or orange. Face grey, but with a white rim round each eye. Ears extremely short, rounded, their edges white or pale yellow, and standing out in marked contrast against a patch of wholly black hairs situated just behind them on the sides of the neck. Hairs of chin, chest, and belly slaty grey basally, dull yellowish white distally ; line of demarcation on sides quite gradual. Limbs coloured as in S. tenuis ; hind soles hairy for their proximal 8 millim. Tail slender, the hairs being comparatively short, only about 10 or 12 millim. in length ; these hairs are broadly ringed with orange basally, and have a black subterminal and a white terminal band. Incisors dark yellow above and below ; premolars 2 ; molars rather smaller and lighter than those of S. tenuis. Dimensions of specimen a, a female, preserved in skin :- Head and body 140 millim. ; tail, without hairs 103, with hairs 136 ; hind foot 32*5 ; ear, above crown 4*0. Skull: tip of nasals to bregma 25 ; greatest breadth 20 ; length of nasals 9*5 ; interorbital breadth 11*8 ; palate, length 166 ; length of upper tooth series 6*4. This species is most nearly allied to S. tenuis, Horsf., which ranges from the Malay Peninsula to Borneo, and of which there are a large number of examples in the Natural History Museum. It differs, however, in its much paler orange-washed back, shorter and more |