34 NYCTICEBUS 



series, 14 ; length of mandible, 25 ; length of lower molar series, 14. 

 Ex type British Museum, Juv. 



Adult. Orbital rings seal brown ; stripe on nose to forehead, and 

 sides of head and upper lip silvery gray, rest of face and top of head 

 rufous ; dorsal stripe from nape to middle of lower back rufous grading 

 into brownish black upon the back; upper parts russet or brownish, 

 variable in individuals, with quantities of silvery white hairs in some 

 specimens, intermingled on shoulder and upper back; flanks buffy, 

 paler than back; upper side of arms ochraceous, with silvery white 

 hairs mingled with the darker ones ; legs buff, hairs tipped with silvery 

 white ; under parts, plumbeous at base, apical portion ochraceous ; hands 

 and feet silvery white. 



Measurements. Total length head and body, 205 ; foot, 50. Skull : 

 total length, 52.2; occipito-nasal length, 52.1; intertemporal width, 

 18.9; Hensel, 40.8; zygomatic width, 38.4; median length of nasals, 

 16.4 ; palatal length, 16.4 ; length of upper molar series, 16.4 ; length of 

 mandible, 36.1 ; length of lower molar series, 14. 



Several adults in British Museum received after publication of the 

 species from the same locality as type. This type is a young animal 

 probably half grown. The hair or down is very silky, and of a uniform 

 pale cinnamon color, clear cinnamon on the head and dorsal region. 

 The ears are small, black, naked at the tips which are visible, the basal 

 portion being hidden in the fur; hands and feet are small, the latter 

 well covered with hair and the nails of a yellowish white color. 



