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I dedicate this new species to Mr. F. von Faber, the 

 zealous collector of so maay interesting representant of 

 the Sumatran- and Celebian-Fauna. 



A single specimen from North-CeleJDes. 



Mus xanthurus Gray. 

 Five adult males and females from North-Celebes. 

 Echiothrix leucura Gray. 



The type-specimen of this interesting species is in the 

 British Museum and has been described by the late Gray 

 as inhabiting Australia '). A second specimen ^) is in the 

 Dresden Museum ; it was brought from Menado , North- 

 Celebes, some years ago. The specimen now before me 

 is, as far as I know, the third representant of this 

 species. I think it not improbable that Gray's locality 

 (Australia) is incorrect and that later investigations will 

 prove that it exclusively is an inhabitant of Celebes. 



Our specimen is smaller than Gray's individual of which 

 he gave the following measurements: length of body and 

 head Q'/g inches (243 m.m.), tail imperfect, hind feet about 

 2 inches (51 m.m.). Our specimen measures: head and body 

 235 m.m., tail 215 m.m., hind feet 48 m.m., ears 30 m.m. 



A single male-specimen from North -Celebes. 



Felis minuta Temminck. 



An adult and a very young specimen from West-Su- 

 matra. 



Felis species? 



A careful study must decide to what species this fine 

 cat belongs. Tt approaches to Felis caligata Temminck in 



1) P. Z. S. 1867. p. 559, with four woodcuts. 



2) Tijdschrift der Ned. Dierk. Vereeniging, 1879 j). LVI ; Notes from the 

 Leyden Museum. T. TI. 1880. p. 12. 



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