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Show 360 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, Mr. Wray to belong to this species. Mr. A. L. Butler told me he shot two specimens in June 1898 near Kuala Lumpor, a female and a three-quarter-grown young one ; the young one has dark rings on the tail, which are absent in the adult. Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Perak, Selangor, Pahang), Borneo. 123. FUNAMBULUS INSIGNIS (F. Cuvier). Sciurus insignis F. Cuv. O. Thomas (P. Z. S. 1886, p. 78) records specimens from Klang in Selangor, and from Jaffaria in Johore. W . L. Sclater (Cat. Mamm. Ind. Mus. ii. 1891, p. 28) records a specimen from Malacca, presented by E. R. Alston. Ridley (J. S. B. R. A. S. no. 25, Jan. 1894, p. 59), in a " List of Mammals recorded from Pahang," says: " Sciurus insignis, F. Cuv. This is a pretty squirrel with three black stripes down the back. It appears to live almost entirely on the ground. Tahan River." Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 10), under tbe name of Xerus insignis, mentions this species from Ulu Pahang. Distribution. Malay Peninsula (Selangor, Malacca, Pahang, Johore), Sumatra, Java, Borneo. 124. FUNAMBULUS LOCRIA (Hodgs.). The Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel. Sciurus subflaviventris, Horsfield, Cat. Mamm. East India Co. 1851, p. 152. Sciurus locria, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 376. Horsfield (I. s. c.) mentions a specimen " from G. Finlayson's Collection during Crawford's Embassy to Siam." Distribution. Nepal, Sikhim, Manipur, Arrakan, &c, and probably Siam. Family MURID^E. 125. HAPALOMYS LONGICAUDATUS Blyth. Berdmore's Rat. Hapalomys longicaudatus, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 401. Hanitsch (Rep. Raffles Libr. & Mus. 1897, p. 11) records a specimen from Patani. Distribution. Burma and Malay Peninsula (Patani). 126. VANDELEURIA OLERACEA (Benn.). The Long-tailed Tree- Mouse. Vandeleuria oleracea, Blanf. Faun. Ind., Mamm. p. 402. One specimen, said to have been caught near Chantaboon, was given to me while in Siam ; its dimensions in spirit were :- Head and body 56 mm. or 2-2 inches. Tail 95 „ 3-68 „ Hind foot 16 „ «63 inch. Ear 11 „ -43 „ Distribution. India, Ceylon, Assam, Yunnan, Burma, Siam, |