﻿new 
  Asiatic 
  Muridse. 
  207 
  

  

  length 
  of 
  nasals 
  11; 
  interorbital 
  breadth 
  5'5 
  ; 
  breadth 
  o£ 
  

   brain-case 
  14"8 
  ; 
  palatilar 
  lengtli 
  15; 
  diastema 
  9'8; 
  palatal 
  

   foramina 
  5 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  upper 
  molar 
  series 
  4 
  - 
  9. 
  

  

  Hob. 
  Mt. 
  Kina 
  Balu, 
  N. 
  Borneo. 
  Type 
  from 
  " 
  above 
  

   Pinokok." 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  93. 
  4. 
  1. 
  21. 
  Collected 
  

   October 
  1892 
  by 
  A. 
  Everett. 
  

  

  This 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  Chiropodomys 
  yet 
  discovered. 
  It 
  

   differs 
  from 
  its 
  ally 
  Ch. 
  major 
  by 
  its 
  larger 
  size, 
  longer 
  

   tail, 
  and 
  longer 
  palatal 
  foramina. 
  The 
  abbreviation 
  of 
  the 
  

   nasals 
  anteriorly 
  is 
  also 
  worthy 
  of 
  note, 
  the 
  same 
  character 
  

   occurring 
  in 
  the 
  next 
  species, 
  while 
  the 
  nasals 
  of 
  Ch. 
  major 
  

   are 
  as 
  in 
  ordinary 
  Murines. 
  

  

  Chiropodomys 
  jrictor, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Rather 
  smaller 
  than 
  Ch. 
  major. 
  

  

  Size 
  about 
  as 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  Ch. 
  major 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   larger 
  in 
  Ch. 
  legatus. 
  Fur 
  soft 
  and 
  close; 
  hairs 
  of 
  back 
  

   about 
  6 
  mm. 
  in 
  length. 
  General 
  colour 
  above 
  greyish 
  fawn, 
  

   rather 
  paler 
  on 
  the 
  sides. 
  Under 
  surface 
  pure 
  sharply 
  defined 
  

   creamy 
  white. 
  Eyes 
  with 
  dark 
  rings. 
  Ears 
  brown. 
  Hands 
  

   and 
  feet 
  silvery 
  whitish, 
  a 
  narrow 
  dark 
  patch 
  along 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  metatarsals. 
  Tail 
  uniformly 
  dark 
  brown 
  as 
  

   usual; 
  heavily 
  tufted 
  terminally. 
  

  

  Skull 
  with 
  broad 
  rounded 
  brain-case, 
  much 
  bowed 
  in 
  upper 
  

   profile. 
  Nasals 
  not 
  reaching 
  forward 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  guathion. 
  

   Palatal 
  foramina 
  short. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (measured 
  in 
  skin) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  (c.) 
  120 
  mm.; 
  tail 
  120; 
  hind 
  foot 
  (wet) 
  

   20-5; 
  ear 
  (wet) 
  16. 
  

  

  Skull 
  : 
  tip 
  of 
  nasals 
  to 
  front 
  corner 
  of 
  interparietal 
  24*5 
  ; 
  

   henselion 
  to 
  basilar 
  suture 
  18*6 
  ; 
  zygomatic 
  breadth 
  16*5; 
  

   length 
  of 
  nasals 
  8*8 
  ; 
  interorbital 
  breadth 
  5*3 
  ; 
  breadtli 
  of 
  

   brain-case 
  34; 
  palatilar 
  length 
  12*8 
  ; 
  diastema 
  8"2 
  ; 
  palatine 
  

   foramina 
  3*7 
  ; 
  upper 
  molar 
  series 
  4. 
  

  

  A 
  perfect 
  skull 
  taken 
  from 
  a 
  spirit-specimen 
  is 
  27*6 
  mm. 
  

   in 
  total 
  length; 
  basilar 
  lengtli 
  21'7. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Mt. 
  Kina 
  Balu, 
  N. 
  Borneo. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  male. 
  B.M. 
  no. 
  94, 
  7. 
  2. 
  43. 
  Collected 
  

   January 
  1894 
  by 
  A. 
  Everett. 
  

  

  HiEEOMYS, 
  gen. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Like 
  Chiropodomys 
  in 
  shape 
  of 
  skull 
  and 
  prehensile 
  

   character 
  of 
  feet, 
  but 
  the 
  molars 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  Mus-Epimys 
  

  

  