}[amynah from the Australian Uejion. 327 



Mus niobe, sp. n. 



Allied to .V. verecinidus, Tlios.*, but smalUr. Under 

 surface little lighter than upj)er. Size decidedly less than in 

 M. verecundas. Fur very tine and soft, without any inter- 

 niixture of Hattened hairs or spines; iiairs of back about 

 11-12 inni. in length. (leiieral colour above uniform bistre- 

 bruwn, with a very line buHy ticking ; sides slightly lighter, 

 their colour passing imperceptibly into the broccoli-brown of 

 the under surface, the hairs of which are slaty with dull bufTy 

 points. Muzzle dark greyish brown, crest of head like body. 

 Ears rather small, unitormly dark brown. Fure limbs dark ; 

 the digits white, these being the only light-colouied part of 

 the whole animal. Iliud limbs and feet dark brown through- 

 out, the feet proportionately long and narrow, as in M. vere- 

 cundus. Tail about as long as the head and body, finely 

 scaled (15 rings to the cm.), almost naked, the hairs nut 

 hiding the scales ; uniformly dark brown throughout, above 

 and below. 



(Skull very similar to that of M. verecundus, but considerably 

 smaller. Interorbital region and brain-case rounded, practi- 

 cally without ridges. Anteorbital plate slanting, narrow, 

 little projected forward. Palatal foramina much smaller than 

 in ^J. vtrecundus, not reaching nearly to the level of the 

 molars. 13ulla> fairly large. 



Teeth as in M. verecuxdus, the characteristic simplicity, 

 absence of su])plementary cusps, and unusually slight bowing 

 of the laminae all as marked as in that species. 



Dimensions of the type (taken on the skin) : — 



Head and body 126 mm. ; tail 134 ; hind foot 27 ; ear IG. 



{Skull: greatest length 325; basal length 2.r3; greatest 

 breadth 14*8; nasals 12x3*6; interorbital breadth 5*7; 

 brtadth of brain-case 1-4 ; height of muzzle behind incisors 5*2; 

 diastema 83 ; palatal foramina I'd x 2'3 ; length of U{)per 

 molar series 5'4. 



J lab. Owgarra, Angabunga R., S.E. Biitish New Guinea. 



'J'i/]>e. Young adult. 13. M. no. 5. 11. 28. 7. Collected 

 15th November, 19U4, by Mr. A. iS. Meek. 



Uromys platyops^ sp. n. 



A medium-sized species, with a low flat skull. 



kSize about as in U. Moncktoni, rather less than in U. levipes. 

 Fur soft, fine, and close; hairs of back about 10 mm. in 

 length. General colour above dark cinnamon-brown, 



♦ Xuv. Zool. xi. p. 508 (liXJI). 



