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MUS NliGLKCTUS. 



m. m. 



Head aud body 218 



Tail 178 



Ear 18 



Hind foot 34 



Length upper molar series 6.5 



Distance between incisor aud first upper molar. 12 



Distance between incisor aud first lower molar. 6 

 Hab. West Java (Diard). 



2. Mus neglectus ^ u. sp. 



Upper-parts glistening blackish brown , sprinkled with 

 yellow. Woolly hairs slate-colored black tipped, with a 

 rather broad yellow ring ; brown bristles project here and 

 there; narrow flexible spinous hairs, white, brown tipped, 

 are spread on the back. Muzzle, lips, throat, chest, belly, 

 inside of legs and anus yellowish, the hairs being slate- 

 colored with long yellow tips. 



Ears short, broad, rounded. Thumb of hind foot 

 rather short , with a small claw , that of the fore-foot as 

 in the other species of Mice. Claws brown. Cutting-teeth 

 orange. Whiskers short , black. 



Two specimens (the following measures are those of 

 the Bornean specimen). 



m. m. 



Head and body 225 



Tail incomplete. 



Ear 18 



Hind foot , 37 



Length upper molar series 7 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar. 12 



Distance between incisor and first lower molar. 6 



Hab. Borneo , Banjer-Massing (S. Muller) and Batjan 

 (Bernstein). 



Notes from the Leyden IMwweura, "Vol. II. 



