MURES CELEBENSEg. 



li 



On the neck these bristles are as long as the woolly hairs , 

 longer and blacker on back and rump and projecting 

 beyond the base of the tail. Cheeks, chin, throat, chest, 

 belly and inside of legs entirely of a pure white. Tail 

 longer than head and body, with a few short hairs, lon- 

 ger towards the tip , forming a little tuft. Tail black at 

 the base for about one third of its length, for the rest 

 yellow. 



Ears rounded, short and naked. Whiskers short, dark 

 with white tips. 



Upper cutting-teeth yellow , lower ones nearly white. 



Nine specimens (L. M.) m. m. 



Head and body 245 



Tail with tuft . , 300 



Ear 22 



Hind foot 50 



Length of molar series 8 



Distance between incisor and first upper molar . . 16 

 » » s> » s> lower » . . 8 



Hab : Celebes , Tondano (Wallace) , Menado (v. Musschen- 

 broek). 



n. WITHOUT SPINOUS HAIRS. 



4. Mies Helhvaldii, v. Musschenbroek , in litt. 



n. i. loemandeng. 



Upper parts chestnut , darker on the back. Throat , chest , 

 belly, and inside of legs, pure white. Tail shorter than 

 head and body, thinly covered with hairs. Whiskers lar- 

 ger than head and ear , entirely white or brown with white 

 tips. Ear elongated , rounded at the tip , naked. Back 

 with two kinds of hair': 1°. woolly hairs , slate-coloured , 

 chestnut at the tip and 2". bristles , longer , cylindrical , 

 slate-coloured with black tips. Cutting-teeth yellow. 



Two specimens (L. M.). m. m. 



Head and body . . . . 235 



Tail 160 



Notes from the Jjeyden Aluseum, 



