476 PROF. W. H. FLOWER ON THE [Nov. 11, 
to the knee 53", from the knee to the ankle 63", from the heel to 
the tip of the middle claw 63". 
The head is very broad and depressed posteriorly. It suddenly con- 
tracts in front of the eyes into a depressed, rather broad, and obtusely 
pointed muzzle, rather dilated laterally in front of its posterior con- 
striction, and obliquely truncated at the apex from below upwards. 
The “ muffle”’ is covered with a naked, black, and finely tuberculated 
skin. The nostrils are quite lateral, in the form of a longitudinal but- 
tonhole-like slit, ‘5"' long, with the anterior end rounded, dilated, and 
turning upwards. They are ‘5" apart in front, and ‘9! posteriorly. 
On the under surface of the mutile is a longitudinal median groove, 
continued through the upper lip. The whole of the muzzle, or that 
part of the face in front of the eyes, is covered with a soft, dark 
brown or blackish, almost naked skin, having only very minute, 
delicate, light-coloured downy hairs, with a few scattered longer 
(*3! to *4!") hairs on the upper lip, and on each side seven or eight 
stout black vibrissze or whiskers, the longest of which are 33!. The 
lower lip and chin are also clothed only with soft downy hair, and a 
few scattered longer hairs in front. The true hairy covering of the 
skin commences a little in front of a line drawn through the angle 
of the mouth and the anterior angle of the eye, though the compa- 
rative nakedness of the muzzle extends on each side quite up to the 
eyes. There are a few slender black vibrissee above the anterior 
corner of the eye, a single stout one an inch behind the angle of the 
mouth, and a group of three or four close to the middle line below, 
between the rami of the jaws, on a level with the angle of the mouth. 
The distance from the tip of the nose to the anterior angle of the 
eye is 2-7; the length of the orifice of the lids is 8"; from the tip 
of the nose to the angle of the mouth 2"-6. 
The edges of the eyelids are of the same dusky colour as the 
muzzle. The upper lid has a row of fine black cilia 3" in length. 
There are none on the lower lid. There is a well-developed nictita- 
ting membrane, white, with a dusky edge. The iris is dark brown ; 
the pupil appeared to be nearly circular; the diameter of the cornea 
is ‘6. The axis of the eye is directed nearly forwards. 
The ears are large, erect, and pointed; their external surface is of 
a dusky purplish-brown colour, and but sparingly covered with hair, 
except at the edges, where short, light brown hair grows more abun- 
dantly, but there is nothing like a tuft or pencil at the end. The 
inner surface of the pinna is white, naked at the central parts, and 
but thinly clothed with hair at the sides and towards the tip. The 
anterior edge is nearly straight and flattened outwards. The hinder 
edge is produced near the base into a slight “lobule,” with a hollow 
to its inner side, separated from the ‘‘ concha,” or main concavity of 
the pinna, by a well-marked ridge. There is no distinct tragus. In 
the deep part of the hollow of the pinna, close to its base, are two 
small transverse corrugated folds. The length of the pinna is 4", 
its greatest breadth 2!'3. 
The animal appears to be perfectly digitigrade. All the feet have 
strong, blunt, subcompressed, non-retractile, slightly curved claws. 
