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3. Ph. thorbeckiana, Sca. 
Ph. melas (!), Schl. and Mull. Verh. Nat. Ges. Ned. p. 149, pl. XXV, 1839-44. 
Ph. thorbeckiana, Schl. Ned. Tijdsch. Dierk. III, p. 257. 1866. 
Cheetocercus Bruijnii, Peters, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. VII, p. 420, 1875. 
Size large. Ears small, thick and fleshy. Tail at base bushy 
above and on the sides, evenly tapering to the tip; short-haired 
below. Hind-foot with the hallucal foot-pad continuous, or only 
indistinctly divided in the centre. Mammae 6. 
Head dark yellowish rufous, the central stripe well marked. 
Back and sides of neck, and fore-limbs rich chestnut-red; rump 
and tail similar but darker, the extreme tip of the latter black. 
Back grizzled grey with three longitudinal black stripes, the 
external ones faint and often invisible; anterior back between 
the stripes generally white or pale yellow. 
Skull strongly and heavily built. Nasals much expanded 
behind, their greatest breadth double or more than double their 
least. 
Pm + medium above, minute or absent below, i. e. —2-.P 
and i+ about equal, slightly smaller than i+. Molars large, 
ms +8 about 10 mm. 
Hab. N. W. New Guinea. 
a. ad. al. 9. Salawatti. Bruijn. 
b. ad. sk. 7. Andai. Bruijn. Type of Ch. Bruijnii, Peters. 
c. ad. al. 7. Andai. Beccari. 
d. ad.-al. 7. Ansus. Jobi I. Beccari. 
An examination of the type of Ph. melas in the Leyden Mu- 
seum proves that it is certainly specifically identical with Ph. 
thorbeckiana, the difference of colour being merely due to melanism. 
4 Ph. wallacei, Gr. 
Mycictis wallacei, Gr. P. Z. S. 1858, p. 112, pl. LXIV. 
Ph. pilicaudata, Pet. et Dor. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genov. XVI, p. 668, 1881. 
Size large. Tail evenly tapering, very bushy above and on 
the sides, shorter haired below. Hind-foot with the long postero- 
(‘) This name, founded on a melanism, being misleading, I consider myself justi- 
fied in using the later name of the same author. 
