new Mammals from Dutch New Guinea. 385 



Under surface paler brown, the ends of the hairs lighter. 

 Membranes naked throughout. Tragus of medium lengtli, 

 broader above tlian at base, its anterior and posterior margins 

 both evenly convex, its tip rounded. 



Skull o£ quite unusual appearance, owing to the enormous 

 development of the muzzle, the area of the facial expansion 

 being distinctly greater than that of the brain-case. In a 

 general way the face is constructed as in E. semicawlata, but 

 the expanded portion is produced on each side into a marked 

 lateral projection in front of the orbits and just over 7)1^, while 

 the same swelh'ng posteiiorly overhangs and almost hides 

 iVom above the flat floor of the orbit. Edges of the swollen 

 part rounded throughout. Postorbital processes small but 

 distinct. Top of muzzle with a median groove extending 

 back to the level of the postorbital processes, its edges 

 smoothly rounded. Posterior palate produced some little 

 distance behind the level of wi^, as in E. semicaudata. 



Upper incisors subequal. Canine with a distinct posterior 

 basal cusp. P^ and molars large, rounded, their postero- 

 internal lobes so developed that there are practically no gaps 

 between them. ]\P large, rounded, its antero-posterior 

 diameter greater than usual, about two-thirds of its transverse 

 extent. 



Dimensions of the type (the starred measurements taken 

 in the flesh) : — 



Forearm (c.) 53 mm.f 



Head and body *61 ; tail *19; ear *19 ; third finger, 

 metacarpus 47, first phalanx 18 5, second phalanx 22 ; lower 

 leg and foot (c. u.) 27. 



8kull : greatest length 18*7 ; basi-sinual length 14; zygo- 

 matic breadth 11'3 ; breadth across facial inflation 9'5 ; inter- 

 temporal breadth 4-1 ; breadth of brain-case 9 ; palato-sinual 

 length 7*7 ; front of canine to back of m^ 7*5 ;' breadth across 

 palate outside m^ 81. 



Huh. Kapari Eiver, S.W. New Guinea. Type from 

 " Wliitewater Camp." 400'. 



Type. Adult female. Original number 2514. Collected 

 by C. H. B. Grant during the B.O.U. Expedition to New 

 Guinea. Presented by the Subscribers. 



This flne species is a giant in the genus Embullonura, tlie 

 largest previously known species, E. semicaudata, having a 

 skull-length of only about 15*5 mm., while the enormous 

 expansion of the facial region makes it quite unique in the 

 group. 



t Both forearms are broken in the type, and the above is an estimate, 

 founded mainly on the length of the metacarpus. 



