222 MR. o. THOMAS ON [Mar. 15, 



Shrews, and this difference between the two collections, while 

 increasing the number of species, decreases the value of any com- 

 parisons of the two mountain-faunas. 



The Dulit Mammals amount to 14, of which four are new, the 

 Kina Balu to 21, and, 5 being common to both, the two mountains 

 together contain, so far as is yet known, a total of 30 species. Of 

 these the large proportion of 9 are peculiar to these mountains, but 

 this proportion will probably be reduced as our knowledge of the 

 mammals inhabiting the low .countries near ihe mountains is extended. 

 As a contribution towards this knowledge, a nominal list of the 

 mammals collected by Messrs. Hose and A. H. Everett near the 

 mouth of the Baram River is appended below. By this it will be 

 seen that there is a far greater essential difference between the Dulit 

 and Baram faunas than there is between those of Dulit and Kina Balu. 



Mr. Hose is to be congratulated on the interest and value attaching 

 to this mountain-collection, and especially on his discovery of the 

 new Semigale, a species very distinct from its only ally, and 

 belonging to an Order, the Carnivora, in which novelties are now 

 excessively rare. 



1. Hemigale hosei, Thos.' (Plate XVIII.) 



c. c? . 4000 feet. 30/9/91. Type. 



Size and proportions very much those of H. hardwickei, although 

 the skull seems to be rather more lightly built. General colour above 

 uniform dark smoky brown or black, the bases of the body-hairs 

 whitish. Sides of muzzle at the roots of the whiskers white, the 

 corresponding place in H. hardwickei being black ; cheek below eye 

 and a patch above and behind it grizzled brownish white. Ears 

 thinly haired, pure white on their inner aspect ; edges in marked 

 contrast to the black crown. Chin white ; chest, belly, and inner 

 sides of limbs proximally smoky yellowish grey. Rest of limbs and 

 whole of tail black. 



Skull (Plate XIX. figs. 1-3) rather slenderer and lighter than 

 that of specimens of S. hardwickei of similar age and sex. Muzzle 

 rather more parallel-sided, not tapering so much anteriorly. Infra- 

 orbital foramina comparatively large. 



Teeth very much more delicate than those of the allied species. 

 Canines long and slender. P^ long antero-posteriorly, double-rooted, 

 with accessory cusps, like p^, and hke the p^ of H. hardwickei, in 

 which p^ is simple and single-rooted. Other teeth above similar in 

 shape to those of H. hardwickei, although markedly smaller, and 

 with their inner lobes especially reduced. M^^ however, is as large 

 as in H. hardwickei, m^ and m^ being approximately equal. Similarly 

 below the teeth are smaller and narrower, but ^ and m^ are less so 

 ill proportion. 



Dimensions (approximate, from skin) : — 



Head and body 540 milhm.; tail S'iO ; hind foot 78. 



Skull: basal length 89; greatest breadth 45'3; interorbital 



^ Preliminary diagnoses of the new species have been given, Ann. Mag. N. 

 H. (6) ix. pp. 250-253. 



