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EXPLANATION OF PLATE I. 



Palate-ridges of Pteropus chrysauchen Peters; natural size. 



Palate-ridges of Dobsonia paliata Geoffroy; natural size. 



Palate-ridges of Carponycteris nana Matschie; twice natural size. 



5 and 6. Skull and palate-ridges of Hydromys esox O. Thomas; natural size. 



8 and g. Skull of Parahydromys asper O. Thomas; natural size. 



Palate-ridges of Mus terrae reginae Alston; natural size. 



Palate-ridges of Mus ratticolor Jentink ; natural size. 

 Fig. 12. Palate-ridges of Pogonomys Lo?-eiitsii Jentink; natural size. 

 Fig. 13. Palate-ridges of Pogonomys leucogaster Jentink; natural size. 



Fig s . 14, a, b, c and d. Palate-ridges and parts of the skull of Dorcopsis Lorentzii Jentink; natural size. 

 Fig. 15. Palate-ridges of Peramcles doreyana Quoy et Gaimard; twice natural size. 

 Fig. 16. Palate-ridges of Perameks moresbyensis Ramsay; twice natural size. 

 Fig s . 17 and 18. Ear and hind foot of Phascogale mêlas Schlegel et Mùller; natural size. 



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