Mr. BELL on a new Species of Phalangista. 193 
the general colour of the upper parts of the body, becoming 
more scantily furnished towards the point; and there is, at 
the extremity of the under part, a narrow space, about half 
an inch in length, which is entirely naked. ‘The tail is more 
or less prehensile throughout its whole length, but espe- 
cially towards the extremity, as is indicated. by the bare 
patch or line just mentioned : there are slight circular de- 
pressions at intervals, apparently marking the divisions of 
the vertebree, which are more distinctly sms hin under- 
neath. | 
The feet are perfectly stehende The thumb, as in the other: 
- species of the genus, is destitute of a nail both on the fore 
and hinder feet, and the nails of the other toes are very 
narrow and slightly hooked. © The toes on the fore-feet are 
nearly of an equal length, and generally stand out in a 
radiated direction when the animal is standing on a flat 
surface. ‘The hinder-feet are longer than the fore; the 
thumb is thick and short, and placed at a greater distance - 
— from the other toes in the latter than in the former... The 
two outer toes are nearly of the same length,—the two next 
shorter, and, like the other Phalangiste, united together, 
except at the last phalanx, which gives the appearance of 
one broad toe with two nails, and these are sharper and 
narrower than those of the other toes. The under part of — 
the feet is bare, —the upper part s etm. with 
eee fae solet xs hair. tsnrimo 
The br: — soon ibe dis escciptiimis dirembéing 
femnles; the account of the generative organs must be restricted 
to iiem sex. One of them had brought forth young ones, which 
re said to have been in the pouch when she was taken, bu — 
died before e arrival in England. ‘The other app ars not 
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