778 SYCONYCTEEIS CUASSA TAPCANA. 



papunna. kci/Misis. fuischi. crassa. major. 



12 skulls, Type. T^'pe. 3 skulls, 3 skulls, 



l(> specim. 3 specim. 4 spetiiii. 



Skull, total length 25-7-27-3 25-8 25 27-()-28-8 28-8-29-8 mm 



Mandible, from coiiclvle. 18-2-20 IST 177 20 -21-5 21 -22-2 „ 



c-m=, crowns 7-G- 8-8 7-1 7-2 8-7- 88 8-8- 'J-7 „ 



Forearm 40 -44 42o 39 435-47 46 -49 „ 



Third metacarpal 30 -35 32 30'5 32o-33'5 33 -38 „ 



Specimens examined. Seventeen, viz., in addition to those cata- 

 logued below, lour in the Berlin Museum (type of subspecies ; two 

 from Soroug, N.W. I^ew (Guinea, D'Albertis coll. ; one from Aru 

 Is., V. Rosenberg coll.) and two in the Lej'den Museum (Aru Is., 

 V. llosenberg). 



2ianr/e. Dutch New Guinea (Sorong; Andai; Moari Mt.); British 

 New Guinea (for localities see list of specimens in collection, below); 

 Aru Is. — Subjoined some comparative measurements of specimens 

 from New Guinea and the Aru Islands (any difierence in the palate- 

 ridges between specimens from these two localities has not been 

 found; of. Matschie, Megachir. p. 100) : — 



Dutch and British Aru Is. 

 New Guinea. 



7 skulls, 5 skulls, 



8 specim. 8 specim. 



Skull, total length 25-8-27-3 25-7-27-3 mm. 



Mandible, from condjle ... 18-2-20 19 -20 



c-m', crowns 7"6- 8'8 7 '8- 8 '8 „ 



Forearm 40 -43 40 -44 



Third metacarpal 30 -33'5 30'5-35 „ 



Ear, from orifice 13 -14 13 -14-5 „ 



Tibia 15-5-17 15o-17 



Type, in the Berlin Museum, J ad. al., skuU extracted, Audai, 

 N.W. New Guinea, collected by D'Albertis, Beg. no. 4699. Skull, 

 total length 26-5, mandible from condyle 19, c-nr (crowns) 8-5 ; 

 p*, length 1-2, breadth 0-9 : forearm 43, third metacarpal 83 ; ear, 

 length from orifice 13, greatest breadth (flattened) 9-5 ; tibia 

 17 mm. 



rt. cJ ad. sk. ; skull. Moari Mt.Geelwink S. M. Dumas [0.]. 98.11.3.2-2. 



Bay, 3000'. 

 i. 9 ad. al. ; skull Albert Edward Mt., H. S. Eohu [C.]. 1.11.24.10. 

 B. N. G. 

 , c cJ subad. al. ; Dinawa. Owen Stan- A. E. Pratt [C.]. 3.35.1. 

 skull. ley Range, B.N.G. 



d. c? subad. sk. ; Kukoda, Yodda R., C. A. Monckton, 7.5.22.1. 

 skull. B.N.G. ; 19 Sept. Esq. [C. & P.]. 



1906. 

 <■./: 2 ad.sks.; skulls. Upper Aroa R., Hon.W. Rothschild 8.11.16.9, 

 B.'S.G.iA.S.Meek). [P.]. 10. 



C/-A-. 2 c? ad., 1 S sub- Aru Is.( W. Stalker). New Guinea Expe- 10.3.2.39- 

 ad., 1 5 ad., dition [P.]. 43. 



1 9 subad. al. ; 

 skulls. " . ;::'^ . .'' 'J.; !(■'■!' ; m: .J ." .:■ ■■■'.■..■^■. ■., '■, 



