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KOPENTIA 



(Icfiiicd, rogulai', al)out niuu tt) the ccntiineter at middle ; leufjth 

 of hairs equal to about one and one-half width of rings. Fur 

 soft but interspersed with numerous coarse hairs Avhich impart 

 to it a somewhat harsh quality ; with a lens these coarse hairs 

 are seen to be very slender bristles, distinctly grooved on the 

 upper side. Mammiy : p 2 — 2, i 3 — 3 = 10. 



Colour. — The two main types of colour are (1) dark slaty, 

 becoming almost blackish on back, and (2) light brown above, 

 pale buff or light grey below. All possible intermediate stages 

 exist connecting the two extremes. 



Shill. — In general features the skull shows no marked 

 peculia-i'ities. Dorsal profile faintly convex throughout, but 



FIG. ITi'. 

 Epiinys raltua. Ivat. size. 



flattened over posterior half of nasals, between orbits and on 

 l^osterior half of brain -case ; occiput s(]uarely and almost perpen- 

 dicularly truncate ; ventral profile nearly flat. Brain-case squarish 

 in outline when viewed from above, bvit slightly longer than 

 wide and somewhat narrowed posteriorly, the sides of its vipper 

 sui'face marked by conspicuous longitudinal ridges continuous 

 with the overhanging interorbital beads. The greatest width 

 of brain-case across these ridges is distinctly greater than length 

 of parietal measured along ridge. No trace of sagittal crest, 

 but a low ridge-like lambdal crest present in old individuals and 



