7. DACTTLOPSIIiA. 159 



Dimensions. 



6. $. 



n (in spirit), j (in spirit). 



Adult. Adult. . 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 143 138 



TaU 176 182 



Lower leg 46 45 



Hind foot 25 26 



Ear 21 19-5 



Skull, see p. 162. 



Sab. Papuan subregion, from Gilolo eastward to tbe New Britain 

 group. 



Tyjoe in collection. 



Of this race the most typical and strongly marked examples are 

 those from New Guinea itself and the islands to the north-west ; 

 while, on the other hand, Aru Island individuals present so many 

 resemblances tp Port Essington specimens of the continental form 

 that I have found it impossible to separate specifically the two geo- 

 graphical races. 



a. Ad. sk., cS . Batchian {A. R. H. Seehohm, Esq. [P.]. 



Wallace), 



, 1 Ad. sk. I , Mysol. A. E. Wallace, Esq. 



*• I Skull, f ^- [0.]. 



Ad. St. I o Aru Islands. A. E. Wallace, Esq. 



•'• i Skull, f ?• [0.]. 



d. Skull. Seek, Aru Islands. Kowalevski Coll. 



e. Skull. Dorey, N.W. New Kowalevski Coll. 



Guinea. 



f^ i Ad. sk. I Huon Gulf, E. New P. Oomrie, Esq. [0.]. 



•' ' *^" I Skulls. ) Guinea. (/. Type of variety.) 



, . JAd. sks.' I ,o Poi^ Moresby, S.E. Dr. Turner [C.]. 



""> *• 1 Skull oih.\°*- New Guinea. 



>Ad. al., ?. Port Moresby. Dr. Turner [C.]. 



, , j Ad. sks. I - n New Britain aroup, Eev. G. Brown [0.1. 



*'^- jSkuUofit. [t??- V ^ ^ ^ ^ 



m. Imm. al., J . N^w Britain group. Eev. G. Brown [C.J. 



n, 0. Ad. & imm. al., iS • Mr. J. Beazley [C.J. 



7. DACTTLOPSILA. 



Type. 



Dactylopsila, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 109 D. trivirgata. 



Size medium. Body prominently striped with black or white. Ears 

 oval, nearly naked terminally. Flanks without any trace of a flying- 

 menibrane. Lengths of fore' toes (PI. XVII. fig. 1) very unequal, 

 the fourth enormously longer than the others, which succeed in the 



* This specimen is selected as the type of the variety, as being the most 

 strongly characteristic of it. 



