190 
MAOROPODID.'E. 
Inches. 
Length of skull 1 ... ... ... .. 4 
Width of ditto. 2 
44 between orbits ... ... 0 
Length of nasal bones . 1 
Width at base ... .. ... ... 0 
41 near the apex... ... . 0 
Length of zygoma .2 
“ from anterior angle of zygoma to apex 
of intermaxillaries ... 1 
41 of the three upper incisors taken 
together .. 0 
Lines. 
3§ 
3§ 
11 
64 
7 
H 
2 § 
H 
5 } 
The skull, it would appear, in Dcndrolayus inustm , is 
broader than that in D. ursitws, the zygomatic arch deeper, 
and the superior incisor teeth broader. According to the 
figures of the leg hones given in Hate 2-t of Muller's work, 
the tibia is rather shorter than the femur in D. ursinus , whilst 
in D. inustus the femur is the shorter of the two bones. 
The author is not aware that any detailed account of these 
two singular animals lias yet appeared ; the only notice he 
has met with is the portion of the great work on the Dutch 
possessions in the Indian Archipelago, which treats of the 
general features of New Guinea, and of the natives. — (Src 
Bijdragen tot de Ivennis Van Niew Guinea). Here will be 
found a short description of the two species of Dendrolagus, 
and with respect to their habits, Dr. Muller merely observes 
that they live in the trees. 
Genus Hypsiprymnus . 
Macropodidtt with n distinct canine tooth in the tipper jaw ; the 
anterior tipper pair of incisors descending considerably below 
the level of the remaining two pairs; the premolar long 
According to the figures given by I)r. Muller. 
