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than the crown. Backs of ears very hairy, deep rich rufous, 

 slightly darkening terminally ; in matschiei the ears are 

 yellowish at their tips. Nape with two indistinct lighter 

 lines on each side of a darker median one, these lines corre- 

 sponding to those next to be described, but far less sharply 

 defined. Rump with two prominent ochraceous parallel 

 lines along each side of the spine, about 6 inches in length 

 and an inch apart, dying away at the base of the tail. Fore- 

 aims blackish in front, reddish brown externally, ochraceous 

 on their inner aspect ; hands golden yellow, the tips of the 

 fingers browner. Hind legs tawny proximally, gradually 

 paling to golden yellow on the feet, the ends of the toes 

 reddish brown. Tail deep rufous at base, then irregularly 

 mottled with rufous-brown and yellow, the yellow predomi- 

 nating along the middle, the tip dark brown. 



Skull with the interorbital region much inflated, strongly 

 convex upwards, and with a lateral projection on the inner 

 wall of the orbit. Nasals broader in front than at the 

 maxillo-premaxillary suture ; postero-external corners roundel. 

 First incisor, as in B. dorianus, much longer than the others. 



Dimensions of the type (measured on the skin) .- — 



Head and body 770 mm. ; tail 845 ; hind foot 124. 



Skull : basal length 109 ; greatest breadth 66 ; nasals, 

 length 42*5, breadth anteriorly 14, mesially 1T2, poste- 

 riorly 19 ; interorbital breadth 26 ; palatal length 63 ; length 

 of large upper premolar 10, of three anterior molariform 

 teeth 20. 



Ilab. Owen Stanley Range, near Mt. Obree, British New 

 Guinea. Alt. 8000'. 



Type. Adult male. B.M. no. 8. 10. 10. 1. Collected 

 18th March, 1908, and presented by Walter Goodfellow, Esq. 



This remarkably handsome tree-kangaroo, which 1 have 

 named in honour of its donor, is widely different from any 

 known species. Its tricolor fur, brown muzzle, dark red ears, 

 and the light lines on its loins separate it readily from 

 J), matschiei, while it is so distinct from all the other species 

 as to render any comparison with them unnecessary. 



LV1II. — A new Species of the Mascarene Genus Eliurus. 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



A RE-EXAMINATION of the specimens of Eliurus obtained 

 by Dr. Forsyth Major during his famous expedition to 

 Madagascar shows that among those hitherto referred to my 



