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PHAlANSEEIDiE. 



furry for about half its length, the difference in extent of the fur 

 above and below only about an inch ; the colour of the fur grey, 

 more or less ■white-spotted, as on the back. 



Shall in most respects similar to that of Ph. orientalis. Nasals 

 long, projecting forwards nearly as far as the level of the anterior 

 point of the premaxillse, and extending about 4 or 5 millim. in 

 front of their junction with the ascending processes, and forming a 

 deep nasal notch (PI. XX. fig. 6). Lacrymal bones with a strongly 

 marked ridge running along their upper edge. Interorbital region 

 ridged as in the last species, but the supraorbital ridges more 

 definitely continuous with the temporal ones, and not interrupted 

 just at their junction; the upper outline of the skull therefore 

 evenly convex. 



Teeth. Upper i.' decidedly longer than i.^ ; i.^ in section about 

 one fifth the size of i.^, not crushed in between it and the canine, 

 but only touching the latter tooth just at its base (PL XX. fig. 6). 

 Canine short and small, its tip barely reaching as far down as a line 

 connecting those of i.' and p.* P.' about half the size of the canine, 

 and p.', which is present in all the five individuals examined, about 

 one third its size. P.* large, rounded in section, its oblique diameter 

 about 5 millim. Molars as in Ph. orientalis. Lower intermediate 

 teeth three in number. 



a (skin). b (slsin). 



Adult. Adult- 



millim. millim. 



Head and body 550 410 



Tail 375 330 



Lower leg 93 (c.) 80 



Hind foot 47 43 



Ear ; 12-5 10 



Skull, see p. 208. 



JIah. Gilolo group of islands : Morty, Ternate, Batchian, and 

 Gilolo. 



Type in collection. 



, J Ad. sk. I , , Morty Id. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [0.1. 



"■ ] Skull. ( °' 



J, lAd. &yg.sks.") p Ternate. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C], 



■ I Skull of 6. J * ■ 



I Ad. sk I Batchian. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [C.]. 



■ ] Skull. \ °- (Ttjpe oisT^ecieB.) 



5. Phalanger celebensis. 



Ousciis celebensis, Gray, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 105 (description, but not 

 the plate) ; Oerrard, Cat. Bones Mamm. B. M. p. 123 (1862) ; 

 Jent. Notes Leyd. Mus. vii. p. 104 (1885) : id. Cat. Ost. Zevd. 

 iJ/w. p. 811 (1887). r V y, J 



Phalangista celebensis, Jent. Notes Leyd. Mus. v. p. 181 (1883). 

 Celebban Grey Ctjscus. 



