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MR. R. I. POCOCK ON THE 



the tint is blacker ; the muzzle and cheeks are nearly naked. In 

 the adult the coat is thick and woolly and black in colour, with 

 long black and white bristles intermixed. The head is relatively 

 larger, and has a more vaulted cranium than in the adult. 



The rhinarium is well developed and like that of the adult. 

 So also are the facial vibrissse, the genal and superciliary tufts 



Text-fia-ure 4. 



A. Head of fcetal Chiromys. B. Base of ear of same. C. Base of ear of adult. 

 D. Rhinarium of fcetal Chiromys. 



being specially well marked. There is a single interramal vibrissa. 

 The eyes are much smaller than in the adult, oval and pointed at 

 each end, like the eyes of a diurnal mammal. 



