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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 



VOL. XXVIII. 



Cranial uit'di^KrciiH'nts <if llir li/i>c, an adnll fimalc, from Darao, Mindanao. 



Measurement. 



No. 125213, 



U.S.N.M., 

 type. 



Basilar length (Hcnsel) 



Ot'.cipilo-iiasal ICTiKtli 



(ireatfst iiariclal lii'ra<]tli .. 

 Greatf.st zyfioinatic liieadth 



Length of aiidital Imlhf 



Length of hiternasal suture 

 Length of upper toothrow. . 



1.5.5 

 19.5 



8.9 

 10.2 



3 



6.2 



3.1 



External nieasnrements of the type. 



Measurement (taken from fresh specimen). 



Total length 



Tail vertehrie 



Tail to end of hairs 



Hind foot 



Head 



Ear above crown . . 

 Ear above notch . . 



No. 125213, 



U.S.N.M., 



type. 



mm. 

 167 

 83 

 85 

 17 

 24 

 11 

 13.5 



BULLIMUS, ne^v genus. 

 BAGOBO RATS. 



Type. — BuUivins higohux^ new .species. 



CJHtracters. — Siniihir to J/^/.y, but with three additional subsidiary 

 cusps to the lower molar series of either side, placed externally, one 

 in front of the last series of cusps of the anterior molar, and one in 

 front of each series of the middle molar; lower jaw with a projecting 

 capsule for the accommodation of the base of the lower incisor tooth; 

 audital l)ulhi' collapsed and flattened externally so that the audital 

 opening is compres.sed and directed posteriori}^; skull elevated in the 

 anteorbital region; rostrum elongate; fronto-parietal bead slightly 

 marked, bony palate narrow (see measurements below). Size large; 

 pelage coarse, containing a mixture of ordinai'il^y coarse hair and slen- 

 der spines on upper surface; wiiiskers long, reaching the shoulders. 



BULLIMUS BAGOBUS, new species. 

 BAGOBO RAT. 



Omh-hoi^-my Ooni-lxnif/}/ (Bagobo). 



Type.— Achih female (skin and skull). Cat. No. 125248, U.S.N.M. 

 Collected at Todaya, a Bagobo village at 4,000 feet altitude on Mount 

 Apo, southern Mindanao, Philippine Islands, July 13, 1904, by Edgar A. 

 Mearns. (Original number, 5729.) 



