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9. Emballonura meeki sp. nov. 



a— c. Three males. Kiriwinsi Island. 



Small Emballonura with very lobate lips, widely separated nostrils, and lower 

 incisors divided from canines. 



Muzzle oMnse, the tip scarcely projecting beyond the lower lip. Nostrils 

 narrow, oblique, widely separated, their inner margins notched. Lips much 

 ])rodnced laterally, the lower ones especially widely expanded into broad thin lobes. 

 Front of lower lip with a broad groove, margined by thickened ridges. Ears narrow, 

 pointed ; their inner margins slightly bnt irregularly convex ; tip narrowly rounded 

 off, with a slight concavity just below ; a small projection opposite the base of the 

 tragus ; basal lobule running forward to below the angle of the mouth. Tragus not 

 unlike that of K. semicaiulafa, slightly expaiided above, its outer margin straight, 

 its inner faintly concave ; a distinct projection at its outer base. 



Wings from the metatarsi. Calcars as long as the tibiae. 



Upper incisors small, in jiairs on each side of a space equal to their distance 

 from one another ; more widely separated from the canines. Anterior upper premolar 

 minute, close behind the canine. Lower incisors in a grou]) in the front of the 

 jaw, separated from the canines. Anterior lower premolar half the height of the 

 canine and second premolar, which equal each other. 



Dimensions of the ty])e, an adult male :— Forearm 38 mm. Head ami body 40 ; 

 tail 11-5; ear 13'5 ; tragus on inner margin 2'0; thumb including claw 0'4 ; tibia 

 14-6 ; hind-foot 6 ; calcar 13-5 ; length of iuterfemoral in middle line 29. 



Type: Brit. Mus. 90.10.5.12. 



Tiiis species is widely distinct from any of the species described in Dobson's 

 Catalogue, and does not indeed fall into either of the two groups he recognises. For 

 by its separated nostrils it belongs to " Mosia," while its anteriorly grouped lower 

 incisors bring it into the subgenus Emballonum. The obtuse muzzle, the wide 

 lobes to the lower lips, and the pointed ears will also readily separate it from the 

 two species, E. raffrayana Dobs, and E. hcccarii Pet. it Dor., described since the 

 appearance of the Catalogue. 



10. Mus browni Alst. (?). 



Woodlark Island. 



This is the most natural species to find in Woodlark Island, as it occurs all 

 over the Papuan Archipelago. Several names have been applied to forms belonging 

 to the same group, but whether any or all of these are valid cannot be now deter- 

 mined for want of material. The Pacific Rat {Mus (.•xulaiis) and the Maori Rat 

 {Mus maoriitm) are both near allies to the present animal. 



II. Macropus agilis Gould {'^). 



Two young specimens. Kiriwina Island, 



These specimens are rather browner than usual, but, so far as can be made out 

 on such young specimens, agree in all essential jiarticulars with Papuan examples 

 of Gould's species. 



12. Petaurus breviceps papuanus Thos. 

 Several spe(^imens. Fergussou Island. 



