BY N. DE MIKLOUHO-MACLAY. 149 



surface of the Mandibular premolar does not present any kind of 

 tubercles (as is the case in D. luctuosa and D. Chalmersii. 



Like in the upper jaw, the first mandibular mollar is the most 

 worn down, as well as the cusps of the second. 



DoRCOPSis Macleayi. N". sp. 



(Figs. 5-9.) 



Habitat. — South Coast of New Guinea, inland from Hanuabada. 

 Stufied specimen at the Macleay-Museum. 



Some measurements taken on the skin before it was stuffed : — 



From the tip of nose to the end of tail 790 mm. © •^J>2in. 



Length of tail 320 mm. ^ 13,8 



From occiput to the tip of nose 112 mm. w 4,4 



Length of the foot 115 mm. § 4,5 



Length of ear ( measured from behind)... ... ... 30 mm. 1,2 



General Colour : Dark brownish grey, a little lighter on the 

 ventral side. 



Muzzle bare, black, slightly divided in the middle. The three 

 conspicuous glandular hair follicles on the throat are not symme- 

 trically disposed. 



Ears very small. 



The hair on the nape of the neck of B. Macleayi presents in its 

 direction a very peculiar deviation from the usual direction of the 

 hair of the neck of the other Dorcopsidce, presenting two centres of 

 irradiation of the hair, one above the other (one near the occiput, 

 the other on the back between the shoulder, 140 mm. behind the 

 occiput) instead of one, as is the case in D. Mulleri, D. luctuosa 

 D. Chalmersii, D. JBeccarii. Fig. 9 is added to illustrate this 

 peculiar direction of the hair of the neck, and will give, I hope, a 

 better idea of it than a long description. The end of the tail is 

 nearly bare, for about 100 mm., (about 4 in.) white and scaly on 

 the tip. 



The skxdl of D. Macleayi presents many points of similarity with 

 D. Beccari. A glance at plate XX. will easily prove this state- 

 ment. The foi-mer is only in proportion to its breadth (from 

 zygoma to zygoma) shorter than the latter. We find in skull of D. 

 Macleayi the same median parieto-occipital ci'est, the same inflection 

 on the external outline of the nasal bone as in I). Beccarii. 



