PROBABLE NEW SPECIES OF DENDROLAGUS. Il 
NOTICE OF A PROBABLE NEW SPECIES 
OF DENDROLAGUS ; 
BY 
C. W. DE VIS, M.A. 
(Read on &th Fanuary, 1586.) 
THE relics before you, scanty as they are, seem to indicate 
the existence in Queensland ofa species of Dendrolagus not 
identical with that which a short time ago was found by Dr. 
Lumholtz inthe mountain scrubs of the Herbert River, and 
described by Mr. R. Collett under the name, D. lumholtazz. 
The animal now claiming attention was obtained alive by 
Mr. Smith, a resident on the Daintree River, from whom 
the skin was received, through the instrumentality of Mr. 
J. Pink, Curator of the Botanical Gardens. Unfortunately 
we have almost nothing more than the skin in question, 
and that by no means perfect, to mould our judgment upon, 
and though there are several characters pertaining to it 
which appear sufficient in themselves to distinguish it from 
that of any known member of the genus, it would hardly be 
satisfactory to diagnose a species from it alone. Till 
further materials are in hand, we must be content to invite 
attention to it in the general terms of description. 
The hair is of one kind, that is, without intermixture of 
wool. On the back moderately long, glossy, rather soft, and 
in colour blackish-brown, especially towards the median 
line which, however, is not marked by a dorsal stripe; 
individual hairs are here deep brown at the base, broadly 
ringed with yellow at and below the middle, and nearly 
black on the distal half. On the mantle the tint becomes 
suffused with yellowish-red from the gradual loss of the 
black tips, and this passes into nearly brick-red on the nape 
and throat, yellowish on the shoulders and fore-limbs, and 
duskier red on the top of the head. The haunches, thighs, 
and hinder part of the belly are smoky grey, washed with 
a pale yellow tipping each hair. The middle of the belly 
is dark rufous-brown, the rump light brown, which colour 
