106 INSECTIVORA. 



With regard to Van der Hoeven's* observation that the second upper premolar 

 and last three molars of N. javanicm have a talon directed inwards, — in a young 

 example, the second upper premolar has such a structure well developed, but in an 

 adult it is worn away to the base ; but in both, the two first molars are quadri- 

 cuspidate, and the fourth tricuspidate, according to the normal pattern, and as it 

 occurs in N. tardigradus and N. cinereus. 



The affinities manifested by this genus towards certain African forms is a 

 fact full of interest, and is all the more remarkable, because in some respects it 

 approaches more closely to them than to the Asiatic Loris, _L. gracilis. Huxley^ 

 has pointed out that, in its dentition, it approaches Arctocebus, or rather that 

 the latter differs more from the African Ferodicticus than from this genus, 

 while it also has a certain resemblance to the Loris. Mivart,^ too, has insisted on 

 a kindred affinity between Nycticebm and Ferodicticus much more than between it 

 and Loris. 



Measurements of Bhamd specimen : — 



Inches. 



Muzzle to vent 13'20 



Length of tail -75 



„ fore limb from head of humerus to tip of fourth finger . . 7-20 



,, hind limb from head of femur to tip of fourth toe . . , 9'00 



Tip of thumb to tip of fourth finger (expanded). . . , . . 2-80 



„ great toe to fourth toe „ 3-60 



1 Arch. Neerland, III. 1868, p. 95. 



2 Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, p. 323. 

 -' Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1864, p. 631. 



