426 Mr. O. Thomas on 



General external appearance almost precisely similar to 

 tliat of S. niobe and klossi. Fur similarly soft (hairs of back 

 about 14-15 mm.). Colour equally dark and finely speckled, 

 most nearly matching " olive- brown " of E,ido\v ay. Under 

 surface scarcely lighter; the tips of the hairs dull drabby. 

 Ears short, blackish. Hands and feet dark brown ; feet not 

 so markedly slender as in the older known species. Tail 

 about the length of the head and body, nearly naked, dark 

 brown. 



Skull in general shape like that of S. verecundus, with the 

 same smooth slender muzzle and slight supraorbital beading. 

 Palatal foramina small, far in front of the molars, their ante- 

 rior third peculiarly narrowed. Posterior palate unusually 

 produced backwards, almost suggesting this part in some of 

 the smaller fruit-bats, such as Cynopterus^ the mesopterygoid 

 fossa broad and low, the lateral fosste veiy shallow, and the 

 entopterygoid processes very slender. Bullae larger than in 

 other species. 



Incisors with the same flattening and suspicion of grooving 

 found in S. niohe, but not in S. verecundus. Molars small, 

 their structure as in the other species. 



Dimensions of the type : — 



Head and body 135 mm. ; tail 140 ; hind foot 30 ; 

 ear 18. 



Skull: greatest length 38; condylo-incisive length 34*8; 

 zygomatic breadth 16*6; nasals 15x4*2 ; interorbital breadth 

 5*7 ; breadth of brain-case 15; palatilar length 19-7 ; palatal 

 foramina 6 ; postforaminal palate 11*1 ; breadth of choanae 3"2, 

 Upper molar series ^'2. 



Hah. as above. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 20. 7. 26.28. Original num- 

 ber 13. Collected January 1920. 



This species, while superficially very like S. niobe and 

 klossi of New Guinea, is really widely distinct, its elongated 

 palate and larger bullae indicating a very essential difference. 



8. Uromys fulgens, sp. n. 



S . 31, 35. Teloeti Bay. Sea-level. 



" Caught in a tree near sea-coast.^' 



A long-tailed and remarkably brightly coloured ochraceous 

 species. 



Size about as in the majority of the smaller species of the 

 genus. Fur fine and velvety, hairs of back about 10 mm. in 

 length, the few fine longer bristle-hairs about 18. General 

 colour above uniform bright " ochraceous-orange,^' perhaps 



