582 ON DENDROLAGUS BENNETTIANUS, DE VIS. 



In the generic description of the skull, Mr. Oldfield Thomas 

 writes* : — " Posterior palate complete, without vacuities." This 

 will therefore require to be slightly amended in order to receive 

 D. bennettianus. 



The distinguishing features may be summed up as follows : — 



External Characters. 



Fur on the back directed backwards, l:)ody brown, neck rufous, 

 tail black \entrally, lighter dorsally. 



Cranial Characters. 



I^ but little exceeding I- and I'' in its downward projection. 

 Canine larger than I-. Forehead not inflated. Fron to-nasal 

 fjUture recurved forwards in the centre. 



Externally the species appears to most nearly resemble D. 

 inustus. The skull also agrees with that species and with I), 

 ursinus in the non-inflated forehead, but differs from these and 

 agrees with D. lumholtzi in the formation of the fronto-nasal 

 suture. 



I am much indebted to Mr. J. J. Fletcher, who has very 

 kindly lent me his copy of Schlegel and Miiller's work,t a reference 

 to which has enabled me to compare D. bennettianus with the 

 descriptions and figures of D. ursinus and D. inustus, therein 

 described. 



. DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. 

 Dendrolar/vs hennetlicmus, De Vis. 

 Plate xlii. 

 Fig. 1. — Skull in profile; natural size. 



Plate xliii. 

 Fig. 2. — The same from above; reduced. 

 Fig. 3. — The same, from below; reduced. 



* v.. M. Cat. Marsupialia, 1888, p. 93. 

 + Verb. Nat. Ges. Ned. (1839-44). 



