( 220 ) 



16 X 7-0 ; intertemporal lireadtli, 7 ; palatal foramina, 3'6 x 3 ; palate length, 

 24 ; length of their anterior inolariform teeth, 8'1. 



Type : Male, No. 210. Captured May 24th, 1903. 



This subspecies is in general appearance exceeding]}' like the common Brush- 

 tailed Phascogaleoftemy)erate Australia, bnt may be distinguished by the characters 

 above given. A skeleton of it was obtained by Dr. J. R. Elsey during the North 

 Australian Expedition, and was presented by him to the National Museum iu 

 lSo4. Other examples were collected by Dr. Dahl. 



21. Phascogale bella spec, no v. 



c? 1401, 1407. 5 1405. South Alligator River. 



A jiale member of the Ph. fiatipca group. 



Size rather larger than in Ph. Jfavipes. Fur close and tine, less woolly than 

 in the allied species ; hairs of back about 6 mm. in length. General colour above, 

 of head, back and sides, a beautiful pale pinkish fawn, nearest to, but darker than, 

 Ridgway's " ecru drab," the rump slightly darker than the fore back. Under surface 

 white, more or less tinged with drab, the slaty bases to the hairs showing through ; 

 line of demarcation on sides fairly well defined. Eyes with lighter marks above 

 and below them. Upper surface of hands and feet white. Tail proportionally 

 longer than in Ph. _fl'u:ipies, well-haired, cylindrical ; its base hairy and coloured 

 like the back ; the middle line of its npj)er surface pale brownish, its tips incon- 

 sjiicuously blackened and pencilled ; its sides and under surface white. 



Skull with the essential characters of that of Ph. ^finvipes, as used in the 

 synopsis in the Catalogue of Marsupials. It is, however, larger, broader and flatter ; 

 interorbital region narrower and more sharply edged ; tympanic portion of bullae 

 larger. Palatal foramen to the centre of the canines. 



Teeth as in Ph. Jiampes, the anterior incisor similarly thrown forward away 

 from the others ; last ujiper premolar rather more exceeding the anterior ones ; 

 last lower premolar intermediate in size between the large middle and the small 

 anterior one. 



Dimensions of the type, measured in skin : — 



Head and body, 114 mm.; tail, 108; hindfoot, 22 ; ear, 17. Skull : greatest 

 length, 31 ; basal length, 28; zygomatic breadth, 18; nasals, 11 x 3-7; interorbital 

 breadth, 5-6; palate length, 10; combined length of three anterior molariform 

 teeth, o'O. 



Hab. South Alligator River. 



Type : Male, No. 1407. Collected May 25th, 1903. 



This very jjretty little Pouched Mouse looks externally so entirely different from 

 the common Ph. Jatipes, that one would not suspect any close affinity between 

 the two, but the skull and dentition are essentially similar to those of that species. 



In one of the specimens the crown is a great deal darker than the back, but 

 this appears to be due to change of fur. 



22. Tachyglossus aculeatus Shaw. 

 ? 1132, 1134, and one nnlabelled. Nellie Creek. 



