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Skull : greatest length 39*5 ; condylo-incisive length 36*2; 

 zygomatic breadth 18'5; nasals 138; interorbital breadth 

 7*1 ; breadth of brain-case 15*7 ; palatilar length 18*5 ; 

 palatal foramina 59 ; upper molar series 8. 



Hub. Southern slope of Mt. Carstenz, Charles Louis Mts., 

 Dutch New Guinea, on Upper Utakwa Iliver. Type from 

 " Camp Padang, 6 C." Altitude 5500'. Four specimens. 



Tt/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 13.6.18.35. Original 

 number 231. Collected 17th February, 1913, by C. B. 

 Kloss. 



This is a soft-furred highland form, apparently most 

 related to No. 3 of the lower country, though the different 

 shape of the skull shows that it is not a mere local repre- 

 sentative of that species. 



Phascogale murex aspera, subsp. n. 



Nearly allied to the true Ph. murex, Thos., but with 

 shorter skull and heavier teeth. 



External appearance almost exactly as in murex, except 

 that the limbs are of the same brown colour as the body, 

 instead of being a little greyer, and the light ends to the 

 hairs of the underside are more or less buffy instead of being 

 white ; the light colour of the underside is also more diffused 

 and less sharply defined from the brown colour of the flanks. 

 Fur of exactly the same crisp character as in Ph. murex. 



Skull comparatively low, with shorter broader muzzle 

 and broader interorbital region than in the typical form. 

 As indicating the shortness of the muzzle it may be noted 

 that the space occupied by the premolarit'orm teeth (6"2 mm.) 

 is shorter than in murex (7*6 mm.), while that occupied by 

 the molariform teeth (10'3 mm. as against 9'0 mm.) is 

 longer. Molariform teeth much larger and heavier through- 

 out. Premolars evenly increasing in size backwards. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in flesh) : — 



Head and body 169 mm.; tail 180; hind foot 33; 

 ear 21. 



Skull: condylo-basal length 43; zygomatic breadth 2 2 • 7 ; 

 nasals 16 X5*3; intertempoial breadth 8*7; mastoid breadth 

 16*6 ; palatal length 24-4 ; breadth between outer corners 

 of m 3 14'2 ; combined length of three anterior molariform 

 teeth 8-9. 



Bub. Utakwa River (" Camp No. 3 "). Alt. 2500'. 



Type. Adult female. B.M. no. 13. 6. 18. 90. Original 

 number 40. Collected 1st December, 1912, by C. B. Kloss. 



This Phascogale is practically identical externally with the 



