Arrangement of the small Tearecidsd. '■'< >~> 



from Dr. Major's " M. cowani." Secondly, what M. eras- 

 sipes, M.-Kdw.. is — the measurements arc not very different 

 tV in those of Dr. Major's animal, though the claws would 

 seem to he longer. And, thirdly, whether M. longirottrie, 

 Maj.. is really different from his " M. cowani" i the hind 

 foot of the type is certainly unusually long, hut otherwise 

 I can see no difference. On the whole, pending the arrival 

 of further material, I am inclined to helieve that the speci- 

 mens called cowani hy Major are not that species hut are 

 the same as his longirostris, of which, therefore, nigrescent 

 would he a synonym. And crassipes may also possibly- be 

 the same animal. 



The following new species was obtained by Mr. Deans 

 Cowan with the first series of the genus, but was not then 

 distinguished by me from M. hivjicaudata : — 



Microgate majori, sp. n. 



Allied to and of the same general proportions as M. longi- 

 caudata, but decidedly smaller and with less excessively 

 long tail. 



Length of skull and feet from 2-3 mm. less than in 

 M. longicaudata. Colour, of a specimen skinned from spirit 

 and therefore probably too rufous, reddish brown above and 

 near ' ; sayal-hrown " below — but without specimens skinned 

 fresh, these colours cannot be trusted ; bases of hairs every- 

 where dark slaty. Hands and feet brownish white. Tail 

 very long, though not so long, as in longicaudata, brown 

 above, paler below. 



Skull very similar in shape to that of M. longicaudata, 

 but decidedly smaller. The brain-case is, however, rather 

 more smoothly rounded, without such a marked inflation at 

 the point where its greatest breadth occurs. 



Dimensions of the type, those of the type of longicaudata 

 in brackets : — 



Head and body 60 mm. (67); tail 109 (158) ; hind foot 

 16 (18-2); ear 13 (15). 



Skull : greatest length 20*5 (22) ; condylo-basal length 

 19-6 (20*9) ; greatest breadth across brain-case 9 (9'6) ; 

 palatal length 9 - 4 (10'5) ; front of canine to back of m.3 6'8 

 (7*4) ; combined length of p*-m a 3-1 (3'4). 



Bab. Aukafina Forest, Eastern Betsileo. 



Type. Adult female, skinned out of spirit. B.M. no. 

 82.3.1.17. Collected February, 1881, by the Rev. W. 

 Deans Cowau. Thirty-seven specimens originally examined, 



