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and with the scales very indistinctly marked. Hairy portion at its 

 base not exceeding half an inch in length. 



The fur of the upper parts approaches to half an inch in length, 

 and is of a dark grey colour, tipped with brown, which passes into a 

 buffy -brown on the sides of the body. Outer surface of the limbs, 

 the occiput, a space in front of the ear, and the fur on the base of 

 the tail, of the same colour as the back. Around the eye a black 

 mark, of small extent beneath and behind it, more extended above it, 

 but most so in the direction of the snout, which it approaches very 

 nearly. On the forehead the fur is pale brown, having the appear- 

 ance of a pale streak between the two black marks. On all the 

 under parts the hairs are unicolour, of a pale buff, palest on the 

 mesial line, and on the throat and breast taking the form of a well- 

 defined streak of pale yellow. Cheeks, chin, and lips buffy-brown. 



Length of the head and body, about 6 



of the tail, about 7 6 



■ of the head 1 7 



from nose to ear 1 2 



from nose to eye 5| 



of the ears 7 



Breadth of the ears 7 



Length of the humerus ... 9 



of the fore arm 1 1 



of the fore foot 7 



of the femur 1 



of the tibia 1 4| 



of the hind foot 10 



Total length of skull 1 5| 



Breadth across the zygomatic arches 10 



From front of foremost incisor to back of last molar 8 



Length of the nasal bones 8 



of the zygoma from its posterior root to 



the front margin of the orbit 8 



Breadth of the palate between the canines ...... 2 



between the two hinder molars. . 3^ 



Length of the lower jaw . . 1 



Height from the posterior angle to the top of the 



coronoid process 5 



Length of the dental series in the lower jaw ... . 8 



The young have all the under parts and inner surfaces of the 

 limbs naked, and of a brownish flesh-colour. All the upper parts 

 dark grey, almost black; the hairs short, shining, and adpressed. 

 Basal third of the tail of the same colour, and similarly clothed with 

 fine hairs ; terminal two-thirds pale flesh-coloured, dusted with ex- 

 ceedingly fine white hairs, scarcely visible without the aid of a lens. 

 Ears darkish flesh-colour, with both their surfaces well clothed with 

 short and fine hairs of a silvery- grey colour. Nails white. 



