498 On a new Acantlioglossus. 



somewhat abruptly, a lie;hfc callus joining it witli tho lip 

 above ; aperture elongatcly, inversely auriform. 



Alt. 11"5, diam. maj. 6 mm. 



Aperture : alt. 7'.'5, diam. 3 mm. 



Ilah. Merida, Venezuela. 



Allied to P. venzueletisis, Mart. ; it is, however, separable 

 from tiiat species by its more twisted columella and its less 

 opaque texture, it is also more conspicuously transversely 

 striate than is the case with that species. Tho tine spiral 

 striae mentioned above are only visible by the aid of a strong 

 lens. 



LXX. — A new Acanthoglossus /row? tlte Island of Salawatti, 

 By Oldfield Thomas. 



The National Museum owes to the generosity of Mr. Walter 

 Goodfellow a fiiie Long-nosed Echidna which he obtained in 

 the island of Salawatti, and kept alive, with another specimen, 

 for some months. 



The genus has not hitherto been recorded out of New 

 Guinea itself, and there mainly or entirely at high altitudes, 

 for which the thick coat present in A. Bruijnii admirably 

 suits it. But the island of Salawatti being throughout com- 

 paratively low, it is not surprising that the Acanthnglossus 

 occurring there should be different in the development of its 

 coat from its New Guinea ally. 



I would propose to call the new form 



Acantlioglossus Goodfellowi, sp. n. 



Coat much more spinous and less hairy than in any of the 

 forms of A. Bruijnii. Spines extending on the under surface 

 nearly to the middle line of the belly, and though absent in 

 the groin and between the fore linilas they reappear on the 

 chest and throat to the middle line, though small and far 

 apart. In A. Bruijnii the under surface is without spines 

 throughout. 



Spines of upper surface averaging about an inch in length 

 and 2*5 mm. in thickness, the longer ones attaining 30 mm. 

 with a thickness of 3 mm. ; the small spines of the chest and 

 belly about 12 X 1 mm. In colour all over the body they are 

 white, shading basally into grey. Fur short and scanty, the 

 skin and bases of the spines not hidden ; the hairs only about 

 half an inch in length ; uniformly black throughout. On the 



