BY N. DE MIKLOUHO-MACLAY. 71") 



Brachymelis Garagassi. N. Sp. 



Habitat. — The Maclay-Coast of New Guinea. 

 Principal Measurements of an adult £ and an adult Q. 



From tip of nose to the base of tail . .432 mm. 17in. 301 mm. ll,9in. 



Tail ,, „ ,, ,, 82 — 3,2 63 — 2,5 



From the tip of the nose to the occiput 82 — 3,2 71 — 2,8 



Fore limb ,, ,. ,, about 135 — "g 5,3 105 — £ 4,2 



Hind limb „ ., ,, about 172 — 9. 6,7 145 — j§ 5,7 



Hand, from the wrist to the end of d 



the nail 3rd finger 39 — g 1,5 31 — g 1,3 



From the head to the end of nail of 



4th toe 65 — 2,5 55 — 2,2 



Length of the ear 22 — 0,9 18 — 0,7 



The general contour of the body differs according to the state of 

 nourishment. At the time of the year, when the natives, as 

 already mentioned, burn the grass, the Brachymelis Garagassi is 

 very fat, and his short legs appear still shorter in comparison to the 

 heavy body. 



Fur. — The yellowish-brown fur of the back consists of short 

 light yellowish-gray under-fur and long flat bristle-like hair, which 

 may prick palpably, if you pass your hand up the reverse way on 

 the back of the animal. The length of the prickly hair varies 

 between 24-16 mm. (0, 9 — O, 6 in.) and their breadth between 

 O, 8 — O, 5 mm. Both flat sides, the upper as well as the under, 

 are grooved. The groove on the upper side reaches nearly to the 

 end of the hair, but the under side of the hair is grooved not more 

 than half of the length. The base and the lower half of each hair 

 is of light brown colour which gradually darkens towards the upper 

 end, which is dark brown, nearly black. The under side of the 

 hair is in general lighter than the upper. Some of the bristly hairs 

 are darker than others, some on the contrary quite light brown. 

 Inspected from the side, some of the flat hair appears to be divided 

 just on the top in two ends of unequal length and it proves easy 

 to split the flat hairin two bands of different thickness; the thinnest 

 of the two bands corresponds to the layer of the upper side of the 

 flat hair (1). On the underside of the body, from the chin to the 



(1) The easy splitting of the hair may also be the result of the remaining 

 of the specimen a long time in alcohol. 



