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ifjif).] Robinson: Vertebrates <strong>of</strong> Pulau Panjang. 63<br />
• and <strong>the</strong> colour differem - are also <strong>of</strong> dubious value, so I prefer<br />
not to apply any subspecific name to this monkey. In view <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> genera] oological affinities <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Rhio-Lingga archipelago<br />
it will probably prove to he allied ra<strong>the</strong>r to <strong>the</strong> Sumatran than<br />
to <strong>the</strong> Peninsulai 1 ice and I have <strong>the</strong>refore used Raffles name<br />
which was conferred on specimens obtained in <strong>the</strong> neighbourhood<br />
<strong>of</strong> Bencoolen.<br />
Measurements in Paren<strong>the</strong>ses are those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> type <strong>of</strong><br />
Pi<strong>the</strong>cus bintangeusis as given by Elliot.<br />
Ckociduka maporensis, Robinson & Kloss, sp. nov.<br />
Type. Sub-adult female (skin and skull) collected on <strong>the</strong> East<br />
side <strong>of</strong> Pulau Mapor, Rhio-Lingga Archipelago, on 5th June,<br />
1915, by H. C. Robinson.<br />
Diagnosis. In colour closely resembling C. aoris, * but<br />
smaller, about <strong>the</strong> same size as C. negligens t but colour less<br />
pure grey. Skull ra<strong>the</strong>r broader than in <strong>the</strong> allied forms.<br />
Skull:' Broader relatively than that <strong>of</strong> C. aoris and ra<strong>the</strong>r<br />
more inflated in <strong>the</strong> anterior portion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> frontal region than<br />
in that species.<br />
Measurements: Greatest length -(23"8)t ; basal length,<br />
-<br />
18.5 (21. 1); lachrymal breadth <strong>of</strong> rostrum, 5 i (4.9); greatest<br />
breadth above molars, 7*3 (7'g); cranial breadth above mastoid,<br />
10 6 (10*5);<br />
-<br />
maxillary tooth row, including iucisors, g 3 (iO'O).<br />
Remarks. Though <strong>the</strong> material is very bad, <strong>the</strong> only<br />
specimen obtained being much damaged by <strong>the</strong> trap and brants,<br />
we have little doubt that <strong>the</strong> Mapor shrew is a fairly<br />
distinct form.<br />
archipelago.<br />
It is <strong>the</strong> first occurrence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> genus in <strong>the</strong><br />
TUPAIA CASTANEA KEDACTA Subsp. HOV.<br />
Type:- Adult male (skin and skull), No. 355/15, <strong>Federated</strong><br />
<strong>Malay</strong> <strong>States</strong> Museums, collected on East side, Pulau Mapor,<br />
Rhio Archipelago, 7th June 1915, by H. C. Robinson.<br />
Characters .--Extremely close to Tupaia castanea, Miller, 1'<br />
out somewhat smaller, <strong>the</strong> underparts especially <strong>the</strong> mesial<br />
streak and <strong>the</strong> thighs more rusty "'ferruginous" Ridgeway<br />
(PI. XIV) against "ochraceous tawny" (PI. XV). and with <strong>the</strong><br />
upper surface more chestnut, less maroon, mingled "Hays<br />
Russet (PL XIV) and 66 Xanthine Orange" (Plate III) against<br />
"Maroon" (Plate I).<br />
Colour:- Top <strong>of</strong> head and sides <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> face, hands and<br />
feet annulated black and buffv ochraceous, a buff ring round<br />
<strong>the</strong> eye. Rest <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> upper surface rusty ferruginous, many <strong>of</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> hairs with glistening black tips. Tail except at <strong>the</strong> base<br />
above, where <strong>the</strong> hairs are tipped with black, almost uniform<br />
* Ann & Mag. Nat. Hist, (8) x, p 589 (1912).<br />
t Ann & Mag. Nat Hist. (8) xiii, p. 232 (1914).<br />
J Measurements in paren<strong>the</strong>ses are those <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> type <strong>of</strong> Ctoctdura aoris.<br />
H Smithsonian Misc Coll. vol. 45, p. 54. 1903): Lyon, Proc. U.S. Nat.<br />
Mus. 4, p. 90, pi. 10, fig. 9 (1913.)