NO. 1402. NEW PHILIPPINE MAMMALS— MEARNS. 487 



smallest; tail robust and mode ratel}" hairy, more than one-third the 

 length of head and body; hind foot seminaked, three-fourths the 

 length of head; whiskers long, reaching shoulders; diameter of eye 

 one-sixteenth the length of head; head less than one-fourth of total 

 length; ears large, seminaked, height from meatus more than one- 

 third the length of head; fore foot seminaked above, entirely so below, 

 with four tubercles, one at the base of the second digit, one at the 

 base of the tifth, a large vase-shaped one at the junction of the third 

 and fourth, and a very prominent one at the base of the palm; hind 

 foot 5-tuberculate, a small one at the base of the first digit, a large 

 one at the base of the second, a vase-shaped one at the junction of the 

 third and fourth, a medium-sized one at the l)ase of the fifth, and a 

 prominent one a))out midway between the heel and middle digits 

 toward the inner side. Pelage long, full, and soft, with fur of differ- 

 ent lengths. 



PODOGYMNURA TRUEI, new species. 



LONG-FOOTED WOODSHREW. 



Tit}/ -rail Bah'-hoo-eii (Bagobo). 



Type. — Adult female (skull, with remainder in alcohol), Cat. No. 

 125286, U.S.N.M. Collected on Mount Apo at 0,000 feet altitude, 

 southern Mindanao. Philippine Islands, June 25, 1904, by Eldgar A. 

 Mearns. (Original number, 5667.) 



Characters. — Those of the genus. 



Coloi' (from fresh specimen). — Nose, toes, and claws flesh color; 

 snout, lips, ears, tail, and feet purplish flesh color; pelage of upper- 

 parts slate-grav mixed with coarse reddish-brown hairs; underparts 

 hoary, slightly mixed with brown hairs; claws liorn color, with a 

 reddish-brown spot at middle. 



Skidl and teeth. — Compared with Ilylomys suillus Miiller and 

 Schlegel, the rostrum is more elongate, and the lower border of max- 

 illa straighter (less arched); narial opening more oblique, sloping 

 backward; nasal bones narrower; ramus of mandible much l)roader; 

 first upper inci.sor largest, much smaller than canine; second upper 

 incisor smallest; first upper premolar larger than second or third 

 incisor, unicuspidate, and caninc-Hke; second upper premolar appar- 

 ently 2-rooted and flattened, with a prominent cingulum; third upper 

 premolar externally similar to second, but with more prominent 

 cingulum, and with the addition of a broad inner step with two tuber- 

 cles, giving the tooth a quadrilateral form and molariform appearance; 

 first and second upper molars quadrilateral, with four prominent 

 cusps, one at each angle, and a minute central tubercle; third molar 

 smaller, triangular, having three prominent cusps, one at each angle, 

 and an antero-external step. In the mandible the incisors, as in 



