284 DASTUBID^. 



in Ph. dorim ; underfur thick and soft, dark slaty grey. General 

 colour coarsely grizzled grey-brown. Head grizzled, with a tinge 

 of orange or rufous ; mesial streak of back commencing on the 

 muzzle, although not very prominent. Ears small, laid forward 

 they just reach the eye, their substance thinner than in Ph. dories, 

 finely clothed with short brown hairs, a patch of dark rufous at their 

 bases behind. Back coarsely grizzled, the centre black line well 

 defined, the hairs generally black with a subterminal band of white 

 or pale yellow. Cheeks, bases of ears, chin, chest, belly, and inner 

 sides of limbs rich chestnut-red, the transition from the colour of the 

 upperside rather abrupt; bases of hairs everywhere slate except 

 the pouch-hairs, which are entirely rufous. Pore and hind limbs 

 dark red to the wrists and ankles ; hands and feet brown ; paJm- 

 and sole-pads as in Ph. dorice. Tail short-haired, except at base, its 

 upper not longer-haired than its lower side, rufous or brown for its 

 basal inch, then all black except the extreme tip, which is white. 

 MammsB 4. 



SJcull (PI. XXIV. fig. 6) small, slenderly built. Nasals long and 

 narrow, expanded behind. Interorbital space smooth, rounded, its 

 edges square, not beaded. Anterior palatine foramina reaching to 

 centre of canines. Posterior palate with a pair of large vacuities, 

 and sometimes with a smaller posterior pair. BuUae small, rounded, 

 transparent. 



Teeth (PI. XXV. fig. 2) light and delicate. Upper incisorA small, 

 the lateral ones fiattened, slightly increasing in size backwards. 

 Canines w;ith minute rudimentary anterior and posterior basal cusps. 

 Premolars separated from one another, sharp aiid pointed, p.^ about 

 half as large again as p.' ; p.* about equal to p.^ Lower incisors 

 small, flattened vertically, about equal in size. Canines with a 

 small posterior basal projection. P.' nearly twice the size of p.^ ; 

 p.* quite minute, scarcely higher than the posterior basal secondary 

 cusp of p.^, siilgle-rooted. M.' narrowed in front, but with a distinct 

 anterior secondary cusp. 



Dimensions. 



. d. $. 



(in al.). a (in al.). 



Adult. Adult. 



millim. miUim. 



Head and body 167 134 



Tail 149 147 



Hind foot... 26 27 



Ear 14 12 



Skull, see p. 299. 



Hab. N.W. New Guinea (Mt. Arfak). 



Oo-types in Genoa and Berlin Museums and in collection. 



It was in specimen a of this species that the remarkable instance 



