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428 On a new Species of Beamys from JSyasaland. 



yellowish brown, paler towards the apex. Abdomen long 

 parallel-sided, quite smooth. Last dorsal segment smooth, 

 transversely rectangular. Pygidium parallel-sided, apieally 

 truncate, prominent. Branches of forceps elongate, remote, 

 nearly straight ; gently laminate on inner margin at the 

 base, and crenulate there ; with a weak tooth about the 

 middle. 



Philippine Islands : Mindanao, lodaya District, Sept., 

 Oct., 1910, 1 (J, c. m. {Mounsey). 



Characterized by the truncate pygidium. 



LV. — On a new Species of the rare Genus Beamys /row 

 Nyasaland. By GuY DOLLMAN. 



(Published by permission of the Trustees of the British Museum.) 



Beamys major, sp. n. 



Allied to Beamys hindei, Thos., but distinguished by its 

 larger size. 



General dimensions considerably greater than in the British 

 East-African species, the hind foot measuring 25 mm. in 

 leno;th. 



Colour of fur exactly as in hindei. 



Skull very much larger and heavier, with larger teeth and 

 broader brain-case. 



Dimensions of the type (taken from dried skin): — 



Head and body 160 mm. ; tail 132; hind foot 25 ; ear 16. 



Skull: greatest length 36'8 ; condylo-incisive length 35; 

 length of nasals 13'5 ; zygomatic breadth 17*8; interorbital 

 constriction 5"7 ; width of brain-case 14; palatilar length 17*7; 

 length of upper molar series 5*9. 



Eab. Mlanje, Nyasaland. 



Type. B.M. no. 14. 10. 22, 2. Collected by Mr. Browne. 



This Nyasaland Beamys is at once distinguished from the 

 East-African species by its far greater size. 



