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ON THE NEW-GUINEA MAMMALS. 



skull: basal length 57.2 mm., greatest breadth 23.3 mm. 

 In the conspicuous striping of its dorsal surface this 

 handsome species differs from all known Bandicoots, though 

 it was possible that when dried skins of longicaudata were 

 examined, some indication of a similar pattern of colora- 

 tion would be found to exist in that animal (Thomas, 

 P. Z. S. L. 1904, p. 201). 



115. Dasyurus albopunctatus Schlegel. 



The type-specimen, an adult female, is in the Leyden- 

 Museum ; it has been procured at Sapoea, Mounts Arfak, 

 W. New-Guinea; in the Paris-Museum there is a specimen 

 from the same Mountains; Dr. B. Hagen's collector cap- 

 tured a young specimen at Simbang, German East New- 

 Guinea; in the Dresden-Museum is a male-specimen from 

 Sattelberg, German East New-Guinea, by Wahnes. For 

 measurements see D. daemonellus. 



116. Dasyurus daemonellus Thomas. 



Thomas described this species after a male from Avera, 

 Aroa- river, British New-Guinea, collected by Meek, and 

 a skull by Stalker from the Gira-River; he called it the 

 representative in British New-Guinea of the albopunctatus 

 of N. W. New-Guinea, from which it readily is distin- 

 guishable by its much greater size (Ann. Mag. N. H., 

 1904, p. 40). Since however Heller (Abh. Mus. Dresden, 

 1899, No. 9, p. 2) pointed out that the male of albo- 

 punctatus is larger than the female (type) and as Thomas' 

 specimen presents measurements just between the named 

 male and female, it seems to me that daemonellus is a 

 very doubtful species. 



,/ Dresden. f/ Thomas. '. Leyden. 



in mm. albofunctaivs. daemonellus. albnptindatus. 



head and body 



tail 



skull: basal length . 

 ,, greatest breadth . 



Notes from the Leyden IMuseuna, ~Vol. XXVIII. 



