Rodents fi'Qvi West A/rini^ dr. 197 



Skull : p;rcatest length '.V2 5 ; basal length 2S ; zygomatic 

 breadth 21*7; interorbital breadth fi'l ; height of frontal 

 convexity above palate behind cheek-teeth ir7 ; upper tooth - 

 row IT-i. Lower jaw: length from condyle to front face of 

 canines 24"3. 



J/ab. Cooktown, Queensland. 

 . Tf/pe. Adult male. B.M. no. 3. 8. 3. 1. Presented by 

 Herbert 0. Robinson, Esq. Two specimens. 



This fine species is readily distinguishable by its convex 

 skull and large ears, which exceed in length those of its 

 nearest ally, iV. mojorj by 3-4 mm. 



The only Kyctymene hitherto recorded from Australia is 

 the much smaller N. albiventer, Gray, which has been taken 

 at Cape York. 



Nyctymene major luUuJce, sp. n. 



Like N. major ^ but smaller. 



Fur of the same very woolly character as is found in 

 N. major; hairs of back about 9 mm. long. General colour 

 as in the darker examples of major-, pale drab above, the 

 dorsal line not very strongly marked. Cinder surface wood- 

 brown, the sides rather more fawn. Ears as large as in 

 N. major, therefore rather larger in proportion to the general 

 size. Wing-membranes and ears profusely spotted. 



Skull closely resembling that of xV. major, but smaller 

 throughout. Frontal profile much less convex than in 

 N. Rohinsoni, the supraorbital edges sharper. Front of 

 coronoid process of mandible with the convex projection found 

 in N. major and not in N. Robinsoni. 



Dimensions of the type (measured in spirit) : — 



Forearm 70 mm. 



Head and body 100; tail 21; ear 1-4; third finger, meta- 

 carpus 47, first phalanx 37, second phalanx 50; fifth finger 

 95 ; lower leg and foot (c. u.) 42. 



Skull: greatest length 33; basal length 29*5; zygomatic 

 breadth 21"8; interorbital breadth 5'5 ; height of forehead 

 above palate 11; u|)per tooth-row 11*5. Lower jaw : con- 

 dyle to front face of canines 24"8. 



Uab. Woodlark Island, E. of New Guinea. 



Type. Old male. B.M. no. 96. 11. 5. 2^. Collected, 1896, 

 by Mr, A. Meek. One specimen. 



While in nine specimens of N. major the useful and exact 

 measurement last given (lengtli of lower jaw from condyle io 

 front face of canines) ranges only from 27'0 to 28* 1 mm., iij 

 the Woodlark example, an old male, it is only 2i*8, a 



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