ON TWO NEW SPECIES OF DORCOPSIS FROM THE 

 SOUTH COAST OF NEW GUINEA. 



By N. de Miklouho-Maclay. 



(Plate XX.) 



Further examination of tlie New Guinea Collection in the 

 Macleay -Museum, resultedin finding twonew species of Dorcopsis, 

 a short description of which is the subject of this paper. 



Both skins had been purchased from Mr. Goldie, who obtained 

 them in the vicinity of Hanuabada (1), (Village of Port Moresby), 

 on the South Coast of New Guinea. 



Though the skulls had sufiered a great deal by the mode of 

 preservation (in common salt), already mentioned in a former 

 paper (2), a suflEicient examination of the same was still possible, 

 which enabled me to decide without doubt, that in the first place, 

 the specimens belonged to the genus Dorcopsis ; secondly, that they 

 were distinct from each other ; and thirdly, that they were distinct 

 also from the other species of the genus that are known. 



I believe that the reasons why they should be included in the 

 genus are — the breadth of the premolars, the existence of small 

 canines in the upper jaw, the general shape of the skull, and the 

 direction forward of the hair on the nape of the neck. 



I shall describe the two new species as Dorcopsis Beccarii, and 

 Dorcopsis Macleayi, in honour of two men of science, whose works 

 have contributed materially to our j^resent knowledge of the 

 Natural History of New Guinea. 



(1) During the last stay of Rev. W. G. Lawes in t>ydney, I had the 

 opportunity of ascertaining the right pronunciation and way of spelling 

 of the name of the large village of Port Moresby. Although some 

 natives call the place ^ ^ Anuapada, ' others again " Anuabata," the greater 

 number however, pronounce this name in such a way that the Missionaries 

 of the London Mission Society, have agreed to spell it as " Baimabada." In 

 the dialect of the Motu tribe, '■ Banua " means "big" or "large," 

 " Bada " " inhabited land " or " village." 



(2) Proceed, of the Linn. Soc of N.S.W., Vol. IX, Part 4, p. 892. 



