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  Mammals 
  from 
  Dutch 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  385 
  

  

  Under 
  surface 
  paler 
  brown, 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  hairs 
  lighter. 
  

   Membranes 
  naked 
  throughout. 
  Tragus 
  of 
  medium 
  length, 
  

   broader 
  above 
  than 
  at 
  base, 
  its 
  anterior 
  and 
  posterior 
  margins 
  

   both 
  evenly 
  convex, 
  its 
  tip 
  rounded. 
  

  

  Skull 
  of 
  quite 
  unusual 
  appearance, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  enormous 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  muzzle, 
  the 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  facial 
  expansion 
  

   being 
  distinctly 
  greater 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  brain-case. 
  In 
  a 
  

   general 
  way 
  the 
  face 
  is 
  constructed 
  as 
  in 
  E, 
  semicaxidata, 
  but 
  

   the 
  expanded 
  portion 
  is 
  produced 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  into 
  a 
  marked 
  

   lateral 
  projection 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  orbits 
  and 
  just 
  over 
  m 
  1 
  , 
  while 
  

   the 
  same 
  swelling 
  posteiiorly 
  overhangs 
  and 
  almost 
  hides 
  

   from 
  above 
  the 
  flat 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  orbit. 
  Edges 
  of 
  the 
  swollen 
  

   part 
  rounded 
  throughout. 
  Postorbital 
  processes 
  small 
  but 
  

   distinct. 
  Top 
  of 
  muzzle 
  with 
  a 
  median 
  groove 
  extending 
  

   back 
  to 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  postorbital 
  processes, 
  its 
  edges 
  

   smoothly 
  rounded. 
  Posterior 
  palate 
  produced 
  some 
  little 
  

   distance 
  behind 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  m 
  3 
  , 
  as 
  in 
  E. 
  semicaudata. 
  

  

  Upper 
  incisors 
  subequal. 
  Canine 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  posterior 
  

   basal 
  cusp. 
  P 
  4 
  and 
  molars 
  large, 
  rounded, 
  their 
  postero- 
  

   internal 
  lobes 
  so 
  developed 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  practically 
  no 
  gaps 
  

   between 
  them. 
  M 
  9 
  large, 
  rounded, 
  its 
  antero-posterior 
  

   diameter 
  greater 
  than 
  usual, 
  about 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  its 
  transverse 
  

   extent. 
  

  

  Dimensions 
  of 
  the 
  type 
  (the 
  starred 
  measurements 
  taken 
  

   in 
  the 
  flesh) 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Forearm 
  (c.) 
  53 
  mm.f 
  

  

  Head 
  and 
  body 
  *61 
  ; 
  tail 
  *19; 
  ear 
  *19 
  ; 
  third 
  finger, 
  

   metacarpus 
  47, 
  first 
  phalanx 
  185, 
  second 
  phalanx 
  22 
  ; 
  lower 
  

   leg 
  and 
  foot 
  (c. 
  u.) 
  27. 
  

  

  Skull: 
  greatest 
  length 
  18*7 
  ; 
  basi-sinual 
  length 
  14; 
  zygo- 
  

   matic 
  breadth 
  113 
  ; 
  breadth 
  across 
  facial 
  inflation 
  9'5 
  ; 
  inter- 
  

   temporal 
  breadth 
  4'1 
  ; 
  breadth 
  of 
  brain-case 
  9 
  ; 
  palato-sinual 
  

   length 
  7*7 
  ; 
  front 
  of 
  canine 
  to 
  back 
  of 
  m 
  3 
  7"5 
  ; 
  breadth 
  across 
  

   palate 
  outside 
  m 
  2 
  8'1. 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Kapari 
  River, 
  S.W. 
  New 
  Guinea. 
  Type 
  from 
  

   "Whitewater 
  Camp." 
  400'. 
  

  

  Type. 
  Adult 
  female. 
  Original 
  number 
  2514. 
  Collected 
  

   by 
  C. 
  H. 
  B. 
  Grant 
  during 
  the 
  B.O.U. 
  Expedition 
  to 
  New 
  

   Guinea. 
  Presented 
  by 
  the 
  Subscribers. 
  

  

  This 
  fine 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  giant 
  in 
  the 
  genus 
  EmbaUonura, 
  the 
  

   largest 
  previously 
  known 
  species, 
  E. 
  semicaudata, 
  having 
  a 
  

   skull-length 
  of 
  only 
  about 
  15'5 
  mm., 
  while 
  the 
  enormous 
  

   expansion 
  of 
  the 
  facial 
  region 
  makes 
  it 
  quite 
  unique 
  in 
  the 
  

   group. 
  

  

  t 
  Both 
  forearms 
  are 
  broken 
  in 
  the 
  type, 
  and 
  the 
  above 
  is 
  an 
  estimate, 
  

   founded 
  mainly 
  on 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  metacarpus. 
  

  

  