DROMICIA. 35 



Dentition. 1. || C. *, P. i|ff, M. J|JJ= 16 + 4 x 2 = 40. 

 Habits. Arboreal ; phytophagous. 



1. GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI, McCoy (1867). 



Leadbeater's Opossum. 



Fur soft and close. General color above brownish-gray ; below 

 dull yellowish. A central dusky streak along the nape and back. 

 A dark patch under base of ear, and fainter ones before and 

 behind the eye. Ears large, semi-elliptical, nearly naked towards 

 the tip. Terminal toe-pads of fore feet large and wrinkled. 

 Palm- and sole-pads large, low, and finely striated. Tail pale 

 brown. 



Dimensions. Head and body about five and a half inches; 

 tail about one inch longer. 



Habitat. Victoria (Bass River). 



References. Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 149 ; McCoy, Prodr. Zool. 

 Vic. pi. xci. (animal, skull, and feet J. 



Genus IX. DROMICIA, Gray (1841). 



Size small. Ears large and thin, almost naked. No flying- 

 membrane. Fingers and toes normally proportioned, without 

 broad terminal pads, the respective lengths of the former as 

 follows 3, 4, 2, 5, 1. Fore claws short and rudimentary ; hind 

 claws as usual. Tail cylindrical, its base furry, the remainder 

 finely scaly, and clothed with short hairs ; the extreme tip beneath 

 roughened, naked, and prehensile. MarnmEe four. 



n ... T 1.2.3 n 1 -p 1 or 7.0.3 or 3.4 TI^ 1.2.3.0or4 / , 



Dentition. I. ^, C. , P. 1 -- ^^ M. i ^^ = ( a t most 

 normally) 17 + 3 x 2 = 40. 



Habits. Arboreal ; phytophagous. 



1. DROMICIA CONCINNA, Gould (1845). 

 Western Dormouse-Opossum. 



Size small ; form very light and delicate. General color above 

 bright fawn ; the belly hairs pure white throughout. Dark eye- 

 mark almost obsolete. Ears long, rather narrow, evenly oval. 

 Outsides of limbs fawn, insides white. Tail slender, not 

 incrassated. 



Dimensions. Head and body about three inches ; tail rather 

 longer. 



Habitat. South and West Australia. 



References. Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 146, pi. xvi. fig. 8 

 ( dentition J; Gould, Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xxx. 



