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Show 386 MR. R. COLLETT ON N E W [May 20, on its first third. The naked line on lower surface of the tip very short. Length of the body about 320 millim., of the tail about 290 millim. Skull and dentition more like those of the Flying Phalangers (genus Petaurista) than of the true Phalangers of the subgenus Trichosurus, with which it has in common the bushy tail, but from which it is widely different in its skull and dentition. Frontal crests sharply defined from the beginning of the nasals ; the parietal crests Fig. 5. Phalangista lemuroides, 5 • Skull, seen from above. widely diverging backwards. Frontals forming a common angle anteriorly, dividing the hind margin of the nasals. Teeth.-Upper jaw. The three incisors closely set; first incisor long, separated by a short space from the other first incisor ; its length from the maxillary is 4 millim. Second and third both small, the third being the smallest. The canine small, separated by a space from the incisors and the first premolar. First premolar very small, separated by a short space from the second; in size it is the smallest tooth in the jaw. Second premolar only half the size of the third, with two cusps ; the third has three cusps. The four molars form a rather curved series, considerably converging behind. Lower jaw. Incisor long, its length from the mandible 8 millim., horizontal ; second incisor absent; canine none. The single premolar rather large, but inferior in size to the true molars, and lacking the central groove. The molars forming a slightly curved series. Dental formula:-m. \, p. \, c. \, i. g, c.-J, p. \, m. ^ = 34. |