and the moustache is long and black. The external surface of the fore limbs is
brilliant yellowish-fawn, which hardly exists on the feet. The tail is long, and
very bushy and grey washed with fawn. The under surface of the parachute
is pale ferruginous, and a trace of this colour is mixed with the grey of the abdomen
and neck.
Inches.
Length of b o d y .................................................................................................. 11 *00
| tail . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
The face and interorbita! space are relatively narrow and flattened, and the palate
is prolonged a considerable way backwards.
This species inhabits the mountains of Tcheli.
P t e r o m y s e im b r ia t u s , Gray.
Scimopterus fimbriatus, Gray, Charlesworth’s Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. i. 1887 (new. ser.), p. 584;
Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887, p. 67; List Mamm. B. M. 1843, p. 185 ; Blyth, Joum. As., Spe.
Beng. 1847, vol. xvi. p. 866; ibid. 1859, vol. xxviii. p. 278; Oat. Mamm. As. Soc. Beng.
Mamm. p. 96; Horsfield, Cat. Mamm. E. Ind. Co/s Mus. 1851, p. 163; Jerdon, .Mamm. of
Ind. 1867, p. 178.
Pteromys fimbriatus, Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. vol. iii. Suppl. 1848, p. 224; Schinz, Syn. Mamm.
vol. ii. 1845, p. 55.
Sdwropterus leachii, Gray, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1836, p. 88; CharleswortVs Mag. Nat. Hist.
vol. i. New Ser. 1837, p. 584.
Pteromys leachii, Wagner, Schreber, Saugeth. vol. iii. Suppl. 1848, p. 222.
This species, is very closely allied to P. alboniger, which it resembles in its
colouring, but from which it is separated by its much larger ears and feet. The
posterior margin of the ear is nearly straight, whereas the ears of P. alboniger are
rather narrowly oval, and rounded anteriorly and posteriorly. The cheek-bristles are
feebly developed in both species. The tail of P . fimbriatus is very bushy, and
nearly as long as the body, while in P. alboniger it is more or less distichous,
and not so bushy and long. P. fimbriatus is the North-Western Himalayan species,
and P. alboniger its eastern representative.
The fur is long, soft and grey varied with black, and sometimes the upper parts
have a brown instead of a greyish tinge. The hairs are all grey towards the base,
brownish towards their free extremities, and generally black-tipped. The face is
whitish, and the orbits are dark brown, which is the colour of the membrane. The
whiskers are very long and black. The chin and under parts are white. The tail is
broad, rather tapering and bushy, more or less fulvous, washed with black, and
becoming more or less black towards' its tip. The feet are broad, and Dr. Gray states
that the outer edge of the hind feet has a broad fringe of hair, but it seems to me
that this character is unreliable.
Inches.
Length of the body and h e a d ......................................................................... 12
„ of tail . . . . . . . • . .i . 1 1
This species has been obtained in the North-Western Himalaya.
P t e r o m y s b a b e r i , Blyth.
Sciuroptera baberi, Blyth, Joum. As. Soc. Beng. 1847, vol. xxvi. p. 866; ibid. vol. xviii. 1859,
p. 278.
This species is founded on a drawing of Sir Alex. Bumes’ representing the
Moosh-l-baldar of the mountainous districts of Nijrow, “ and identified by him as
the flying fox of the translation of Baber’s Memoirs.” Blyth states that the upper
parts are pale, fulvescent, ashy brown, darker on the limbs; tail broad and bushy,
and tipped with blackish; under parts, dull white, with a ferruginous margin to the
membrane underneath. Blyth’s reason for not identifying this figure with P . jvm-
briatus was because the animal was said to be 2 feet long, whereas he could not
conceive of P. fimbriatus ever exceeding 19 inches.
P t e r o m y s p u l v e r u l e n t u s , Gunther.
Scvuropteruspulverulentus, Gthr. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1873, p. 413, pi. xxxviii.
. This is a small species, brownish-black, with many of the hairs grizzled with
yellowish, due to the presence of sub-apical yellowish bands, as the tips of the hairs
are black. The basal two-thirds of the fur are greyish, passing gradually into
brownish-black, which is succeeded by the yellowish ring, ending in the black tips.
This grizzling extends on to the parachute, but not to the same degree as on the
body and head. The grizzling of the feet is carried to such an extent that they are
light brownish. The under parts are yellowish-white, the yellowish being more
marked on the mesial line, and on the scrotum and anal region, which are slightly
orange. The sides of the belly and the under surface of the parachute are pale
yellowish-brown, the inside of the limbs being more yellowish-orange. The undersurface
of the margin of the membrane is pale yellowish-grey. The tail is distichous
and bushy, the fur at its base being shorter than on the remainder, and it is
pale greyish-brown, the hairs being blackish at the tips. The line above and the line
below are brownish-black, and their hairs have sub-apical blackish bands. The
under surface of the base of the tail is concolorous with the area around the
vent,
Cheek-bristles are not observable. The ears are short and pointed, and covered
behind with short black hairs. The incisors are pale yellow.
Inches.
Length of body from muzzle tp root of tail . . . . . , 10
„ pf tail . . . . . . . . . . . 9
This species has been received from Pinang and Malacca.