90 MACKOPODIDiE. 



Smaller than D. miilleri. Fur soft and thick, longer than in that 

 species. Whole of hair on nape and top of neck reversed. General 

 colour dark smoky grey, very variable in depth. Eace dark grey, 

 a faint paler cheek-stripe present. Ears larger than in D. miilleri, 

 their backs thinly haired, not darker than the crown. Head and 

 back dark finely grizzled grey, the hairs white for their basal half, 

 then black or dark grey, and their tips glossy yellow or white. Sides 

 without any trace of a hip-stripe. Chin brown ; chest and belly 

 dull grey, or greyish white, the distinction from the coltfur of the 

 back very gradual; a large patch surrounding anus white or yellow. 

 Arms and hands, legs and feet uniform dark smoky grey. Tail 

 decidedly shorter than the body, dark brown or black above and 

 below, its tip white and naked. 



Female with a prominent dark band passing down the lower belly 

 on each side of the opening of the pouch. 



Skull rather smaller than that of I), miilleri and with the pre- 

 maxillae less markedly bent downwards, the supraorbital edges less 

 overhanging, and the posterior palatal vacuities larger. 



Teeth (PI. XIII. fig. 2). I.' with its external notch just behind 

 its centre. Canine small, not equalling i.^ P.* rather shorter and 

 broader than in D. miilleri. 



Bim,ensions. 



S. £. 



h (stuffed). a (skin), 



millim, millim. 



Head and body 600 600 



TaU 320 300 



Hind foot 112 111 



Ear 36 34 



Skull and teeth, see next page. 



Hah. Eastern and South-eastern New Guinea. 



Type in collection. 



This species has the same sort of superficial resemblance to Ma- 

 cropus hrowni, Rams., that JD. miilleri has to M. hrunii ; its most 

 obvious distinguishing characters have been pointed out, supra, p. 52. 

 It is much more variable in colour than B. miilleri, and it has 

 therefore been made the basis of several untenable species. 



I Ad. sk. ) „ S.E. New Guinea. L. M. D'Albertis [C.]. 

 "• I Skeleton, f *' (Ti/pe of species.) 



, I Ad. St. I Aleya, S.E. New Dr. James [0.]. 



• I SkuU. ) ° • Guinea. 



, , j Ad. & yg. sks. I , „ AJeya. Dr. James [0.1. 

 '-'''• ] Skulls. [ cJ?. •' 



