11. PHALANGEE. 203 



specimen in ten ; p.* large and powerful, with a notched cutting- 

 edge running obliquely across it. Molars small and narrow, the 

 combined length of the three anterior from 14 to 16 millim. 

 Lower intermediate teeth usually three in number (presumably i.^, 

 p.\ and p'.^), less than this in about one in eight or nine individuals, 

 and occasionally, though very rarely, more*, up to five. 



Bimensions. 



. <S. ?• 



d' (stuffed), d (in spirit). 



Adult. Adult, 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 550 525 



Tail 425 400 



Lower leg . . 102 



Hind foot 64 62 



Ear 15 22 



Skull, see p. 208. 



Rah, Timor, Bouru, Sula, Guebeh, and the islands eastwards to 

 New Guinea. 



Type not in existence. 



a. Imm. sk., 2 (albino\). Bouru. A. B. Wallace, Esq. 



[0.]. , 



b, c. Ad. S & yg- sks., 10/8/70. Bouru. Dr. A. B. Meyer 



[C.]. 

 d. Ad. al., 2 & 2 yg. Wai, Amboina. H. O. Forbes, Esq. 



[0]. 

 - I Ad. sks. I , / ,7 . ^ Wai, Amboina. H. O. Forbes, Esq . 

 ^'■^- jskuUs. \ ^ C"^*'""*)- [0.]. 



g. Yg. al., cJ. Amboina. Sir E. Belcher [P. & 



0.]. 

 h. Ad. sk., S (albino). Amboina. Leyden Mu3eum[E.]. 



(Received as typical of Ph. oavifrons, Temm.) 

 i. Yg. sk., 11/10/70. Amboina. Dr. A. B. Meyer 



_;. Ad. sk., (J . Ceram. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[C.]. 

 k. Yg. st. Mysol. Purchased. 



l-o. Ad. cJ 2 & 2 yg. sks. Waigiu. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[0.]. 

 j Ad. sk. I J, Waigiu. Purchased. 



P- ] Skull, f °- 



q. Yg. st. Waigiu, Purchased. 



j-./Yff. st. Aru Is. A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



[c.]. 



«. Ad. sk., c? . N.W. New A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



Guinea. [0.]. 



* See Jentink, I. u. 



t .Tbia specimen presents the only recorded instance of albinism in the 

 female of this species, while in the male it is unusually frequent. Thus, of 

 rather more than 50 males in the Leyden Museum, ten are albinos, and in the 

 Museum series there are four albinistio males in addition to this female. i 



