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196 PHALANGERID^. 



thickly covered with short coarse hairs ; those inside and along the 

 margins dirty white ; those at the back black. Nape and back 

 dark brown or, generally, black, the centre line slightly darker than 

 the rest. Hairs of sides, posterior back, and hairy part of tail 

 prominently grizzled with dirty white. Chin, chest, and belly 

 grejdsh, the hairs black basaUy, dirty yellowish white terminally. 

 Arms and legs black ; fingers and toes naked above, the hairs of the 

 limbs ceasing generally on the metacarpus and metatarsus, their 

 skin also black, coarsely granulated. Palms and soles broadly 

 striated. Tail furry like the body for about half its length, the fur 

 extending on the upper for about two or three inches further than 

 on the lower side. 



Skull very stout and powerful. Anterior nares broader and lower 

 than in the other species ; nasal notch scarcely marked, the anterior 

 edge of the nasal bones passing smoothly into that of the ascending 

 process of the premaxilla. Nasals contracted in the centre, expanded 

 both anteriorly and posteriorly. Interorbital region comparatively 

 broad, smooth above, flat or slightly convex, its edges evenly 

 rounded. Temporal ridges low, thick and rounded. Anterior 

 palatine foramina extending to the level of the back of the canines.. 



Teeth. Upper incisors more uniform in size than in the other sjiecies ; 

 i.' as large in section as, and longer vertically than, i.^ Canine 

 more or less separated from i.', not or but slightly longer vertically 

 than that tooth. Anterior premolar narrow, double-rooted, but 

 little separated from the canine in front, and touching p.* behind ; 

 the latter tooth broadly rounded, rather less powerful than in 

 Ph. maeulatus. Molars stout and heavy, the three anterior from 

 19 to 21 miUim. in horizontal length. Lower anterior incisors 

 shorter, set rather more upright, and the diastema between them 

 and p.* markedly less in extent than in any of the other 'species. 

 Lower intermediate teeth usually two in number *. P.* oval, much 

 longer than broad, set but little obliquely. 



5- 



o (stuffed). 

 Adult. 

 milUm. 



Head and body 650 



TaU 525 



Lower leg (c.) 116 



Hind foot 104 



Ear 18 



Skull, see p. 208. 



Ilab. Celebes. 



Type in the Leyden Museum. 



* Three on the right side in epeoimen d. The Leyden Museum series are 

 all normal. 



