140 PHALANGEEIB^. 



head and body, its basal half-inch, furry like the body, its remainder 

 naked or nearly naked above and below, but prominently fringed 

 laterally, just as in Acrobates pygmcBus. 



Skull, except for its much superior size, almost precisely similar 

 to that of Acrobates pygmoeus. 



Teeth much as in Acrobates ; the premolars, however, different 

 in their relative proportions. Upper p.' and p.' long, sharp and 

 pointed, about equal in length to i.' ; p.' smaU, barely half the 

 height of the molars, and crushed obliquely outwards between p.' 

 and m.' Lower i.^ and p." smaU, oval, touching one another ; p.' 

 long and pointed, with a posterior basal cusp ; p.* entirely aborted. 



Dimensions. 



6- 2- 



(in spirit) *. Co-type (m spirit) T. 

 Adult. Adult, 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 106 100 



TaH 153 123 



Hind foot 19 18-3 



Ear 9 7-7 



Skull, see p. 148. 



Hab. N.W. New Guinea (Andai, Hatam). South New Guinea 

 (Ethel E. J). 



Go-types in the Berlin and Genoa Museums. 



4. DROMICIA. 



Type. 



Dromicia, Gray, Cfrey's Austr., App, ii. p. 407 (1841) D. nana. 



Size small, general appearance very murine, or rather myoxine. 

 Ears large and thin, almost naked, their bases and internal surfaces 

 not tufted. No flying-membrane present. Fingers and toes of 

 normal proportions and structure, without broadened terminal pads ; 

 lengths of the former in the following order — 3, 4, 2, 5, 1 ; fore 

 claws very short and rudimentary, exceeded in length by the pads 

 below them ; hind claws long and sharp as usual. Tail very murine 

 in character ; cylindrical, rounded, not distichous, slender, at least for 

 its terminal portion ; its base furry like the body, the remainder finely 

 scaly, uniformly clothed with short fine hairs, except for its extreme tip 

 below, where it is roughened and naked, and evidently prehensile. 



SJcull short and broad. Supraorbital edges square. Inflation of 

 zygomatic part of squamosal variable. Palatine foramina short, 

 scarcely or not extending past the canines. Palate more or less 

 imperfect posteriorly. Brain-case in front of bullae not inflated 

 downwards. BuUse very large and prominent ; transparent. Lower 

 jaw without an opening from the masseteric fossa to the base of 

 the inferior dental canal. 



* In the Leyden Musum. 

 t In the Genoa Museum. 

 t Fide Eamsay, I. o. 



