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Characters.— A nice ui Prt^hylr^ „},h,„,„ i K.-i.h. . I.am. t.-ri»--.l l.v 

 extremely dark colour and absence of ivuy puler uud ivdd.-r .tn-i ..n 

 shoulders and hack. 



Colour.— Front and sides ul' houd, Luck. Hid.'s und out.-r -uri.i. .-. 

 of fore limbs, black. Under-parts, dark l>rown. v.tv wautilv <hul 

 Nuchal patch, dral.-ojrev. Tail and outer sides of tlliuliH. aVatV 

 grey, the tail somewhat silvery. Hands and f.'.-t. iiit.ii>... ^1 

 black. Hair of lips and chin, yellowish-white. 



Natiu-al colour of skin of face blue-black ; of eve-p.itrli.-.,, Uj,^ .,u,i 

 chin, pale pinkish white ; of abdominal skii), Iduish-wliiti- ; of Imiid- and 

 feet, black. 



Sktjll. — The skull does not ap):)ear to differ from m;iiiiianri s\*'\. 

 mens, but the mandible is much heavier, In'ini,' both s«juan'r aiit'-riorlv 

 and deeper generally : the height at the condyle esiKvially is gn»at«T 

 and the ascending ramus is rather less curved on tli»' anterior ih1>^>. 



If a series of mixed skulls of similar age are placed sido by sido 

 resting on their mandil)les it will l)e seen tliat tlir /ygoinuta of tin- 

 Perhentian animals will rest above those of the inainlaiul individual**, 

 also, owing to the elevation of the posterior portion of the HkuU. 

 the former, when viewed from above. a]i]iear to lie dei-i'ledly lesH 

 prognathous. 



Measurements. — Collector's external nieasurements of ty|«': total 

 length, 1,332 : head to symphysis pubis, 583; tail vertebne, 797 ; hiud- 

 foot, 164. Cranial measurements : greatest length, 10*2 ; posterior 

 occipital extremity to nasal spine, 84-. 3 ; posterior occipital ••xtn-mitv 

 to glabella, 79.5 ; gnathiou to median upi>eredge of supi-aorltital rid>fi-. 

 46; gnathion to orbit, 29.2; orbit to posterior occipital extremity. 79; 

 zygomatic breadth, 77; greatest orbital bmidtli. iVl\ jKjst-orbituI 

 constriction, 43.2; greatest cranial breadth, 54; Ui.sjil length. 73; 

 palatal length, 33; palatal breadth at m\ 21; i^ilatul bn-adth at 

 m'^, 18.3; greatest breadth of rostrum Ijelow roots of zygomata. 35: 

 maxillary tooth-row excluding incisors, 35.2; mandibidar t^wth-row 

 excluding incisors, 41.5; greatest length of mandible 75.5; lienrht of 

 mandible at condyle, 45.5. 



Specimens Examined.— Foiir males and thns. females, nil from 

 the type locality. 



Eemarks.— The absence of any bronze dorsal aiva inuu.ilint.dy 

 distinguishes this lotong from any .>ther nice of V. ..h^ruro. It* 

 occurrence on Perhentian Island is interesting, rh. »o far. thin ii. tlic 

 only island on the east coast that is known to possew ft moniU-r of 

 the genus. ^j^,,^^.^ fascicilvris .xroentimkmhrv. 



Kloss, Anu. awl Mag. Naf. Hi>>t. (8). vii.. p. ll*?. \'M\ 



TvPE.-Adult male (skin and skull). No. 2..KvS I... .S..Ln.'..r 

 Museum, collected on Pulo Pinang. (hvat Kednng Mand. TrvMu- 

 east coast of the Malay Peninsida. 4th SoptemU-r. 1910. by C. H-.. » 

 Kloss. Original No. 3,815. 



