XVCTlMIINi-; SC'ITULUS. -] ] 



X. ijeminuK. N. w(,j„r. .\'. scitulv< 



f *'■"■'" 70-5.77 78-85-5 71-5-80 



Z "'^^^^'"•P^' ' 50-65 64-3-39-d 50 -556 



i'^ar from oi-ificc 16 15-5-17 14 



^''^'^ 26 -30 28 -30-5 25 -29-5 ,',' 



roth coll., Berhu Museum) are light greyish hair-browu above (one 

 perhaps witn a famt touch of wood-brown), paler beneath: dorsal 

 stnpe narrow, well-defined.-An immature male in collection (para- 

 ype skin /, ,.18 6)is pale ash-grey on back, dorsal stripe as in 

 adults; individual hairs seal-brown at ba.e ; nape of neck li-^hter 



wif h 'n r% ''™'^'' '-^''V, ""'i'^^P^^^^ I'g^t greyish, slightly thiged 

 with pale fawn on sides of breast and belly and on anal re-ion 

 sh-frnK-'t^ ^J-je of species (adult skin): Back cream-white with 

 sharplj marked dark brown spinal stripe ; extreme base of fur seal- 

 brown ; impe of nock whiter; bead cream-buff; foreneck and chest 

 cream-buft, shading almost to pinkish buff on bellv, anal re'ion 

 uiid flanks.-Three adult females in the Berlin Museum (al., Malaipa' 

 Hemroth; and Jfew Britain, Finsch) are essentially simila^'n 

 colour; an immature female iu the same Museum (al.,Xew Britain 

 -tinsch) IS very light wood-brown on back, cream-buff beneath ' ' 



Measurements. On pp. 718, 720, 722. 



Specimens examined. Ten' (eight lu' the Berlin Museum) vi/ 

 4 c? ad., 1 c? imm., 4 $ ad., 1 2 imm. ^ 



Type in collection. Skull, total length ?, mandible 28-7 



c-m (crowns) 13-o, forearm 79, third metacarpal 54-5, tibia 

 ^o mm, 



a. [djim.n.sk.; skull. New Ireland. Eer. G.Brown 77.7.18.G. 



l>.[2] ad. sk. ; skull. Duke of York I. Eet'k Brown 77.7. 1 8.7. 



[C.]. 



{Ti/pe of species.) 



9. Nyctimene scitulus, A'. And. 

 narpiiia major (pt.), Dobson, Cat. Chir. B. M. p. 89. 



B. M. p. 68, skull b (1862 : Aew Georgia, R.M. 60 o -^o 1) 

 Harpyiaceplialotes {nee Pallas), Gray, Cat. Monk. &-c p'l'^lVlSro- 

 same specimen). i-- j—'- \i.a,<j . 



Harpyia major (pt., nee Dobaon, 1877), Dobson, Cat. Chir B M 

 p. 90, specimen^ (1878: same specimen); Troue.sart, Bev i 

 f T,f ;i-/^^ l}- P- r.^"' 'V ^20 (1879) ; Thomas, P. Z. 'sts87 

 p. 323 (Aln; New Georgia); id., P. Z. S. 1S8S, p. 47G (188y 

 Aojn) ; Iromssarf, Cat. Mamm. i. p. 87, n. 469 (1897) 

 Uephalotes major, Trouessart, Cat. Mamm. ii. p. 1277 (1899^ 

 Gelasmus [Bdelygma] major (pt.), Matschie, Merjachir. p 84 (1899) • 

 Trouessart, Cat. Mamm., Siippl. p. 64, n. 552 "(1904) ' 



(I nec.lOlO: .Sh.a-.land; New Georgia; Florida; GuidaicSnar";: 



