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Dimensions of the tyi>e, an old nude in spirit : — Head and body 4:iU mm. ; tail 

 ■JOO ; lower leg 92 ; hind-foot 56 ; ear (above crown, as in Catalogue) 17-5, from basal 

 notch 25. Skull, basal length 78 ; greatest breadth (c) 55 ; nasals, length 32, greatest 

 breadth 14-8, least bre«dth 71 ; interorbital constriction ISf) ; distance between most 

 divergent jwints on supraorbital ridges 17* ; palate, length 45, breadth outside "fi-* 25-5, 

 inside "^ 16-3 ; palatal foramen 6. Teeth, horizontal length of '"- (posterior pre- 

 molar) 4-7, length of "Sii? 14-2. 



Type: B. M. Xo. 95.5.8.11. Paratype in Tring Museum. 



This subspecies is evidently merely a pauperised insular form of Ph. o. typicus. 

 and, as already slio\vii, does not exhibit anything like the inherent difference presented 

 by the Gvscus of the Solomon and Duke of '^'ork groups. 



It is unfortunate that all the four specimens obtained by Mr. 31eek are males, so 

 that the characteristics of t\\e female cannot be described with certainty ; but, judging 

 I'roni their form in an immature male, there is little doubt that they will prove to be 

 similar to those of the fenuilf typicus. 



\2. Perameles doreyana '.'noy & Oaim. 



Adult mtik, several /«;f(((/es aud youug. 



The ver3- great difference in size between the old uudc aud the Jeriudes is note- 

 worthy, the former's skidl having a basal length of 82 mm., while that of one of the 

 latter is only 62 mm. long. No doubt the /nale is older than tlw fei)i(de measured, but 

 the latter, by the appearance of the pouch and mammae, has evidently borne young. 

 The mammae in two feiwiles number 4 — 4 = 8. 



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