32 . PETAUROIDES. 



oval, and evenly rounded, their inner surf ace entirely naked, their 

 outer thickly covered with fur similar to that on the head. Under 

 surface white or pale yellowish. Outer sides and backs of limbs 

 black or dark brown, inner sides white or pale gray. Hands and 

 feet thickly fringed with black hairs. Fingers and toes very 

 thick. Palms and soles naked, the pads low, rounded, and finely 

 striated. Tail ashy-gray or blackish, generally darkest terminally. 

 Naked part beneath short, not sharply separated from the hairy 

 part, its surface not roughened. Upper canine and first premolar 

 larger than in the succeeding form. 



Dimensions. Head and body about seventeen inches ; tail 

 about twenty inches. 



Habitat. Eastern Australia from Queensland to Victoria. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 164, pis. xvii. figs. 2 

 (palms), 3 (naked portion of tail) ; xviii. figs. 1 (upper view of 

 skull), 2 (dentition) ; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xxii. 



la. P. VOLANS, var. MINOR, Collett, sp. (1887). 



Lesser Flying Opossum. 



Differs from the typical form only in its smaller size, in the 

 feebler development of the upper canine and of the first premolar, 

 which latter is quite minute and sometimes absent. 



Dimensions. Head and body about twelve inches ; tail about 

 eighteen inches. 



Habitat. Central Queensland. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 1GG, pi. xviii. fig. 3 

 (dentition) . 



Note. I do not think that it is advisable to separate Dr. 

 Ramsay's P. cinereus from this variety. 



Genus VI. DACTYLOPSILA, Gray (1858). 



Size medium. Ears oval, nearly naked terminally. No trace 

 of a flying-membrane. Fore toes very unequal, the fourth much 

 the longest, the others respectively as follows 3, 5, 2, 1. Fourth 

 and fifth hind toes much longer than the others. A prominent, 

 proximal pad on the carpus. Claws long. Tail long, cylindrical, 

 evenly bushy, the extreme tip naked below. 



Dentition. 1. J-Jf, C. -J, P. Jf M. J-JJJ =15 + 5 x 2 = 40. 

 Habits. Arboreal ; phytophagous. 



1. DACTYLOPSILA TRIVIRGATA, Gray (1858). 



Striped Opossum. 



Fur close, thick, and woolly, but rather harsh. General color 

 above, white with black stripes ; below, chin with a black spot, 



