i» der Naturgeschichte der Säugetiere während des Jahres 1887. 87 



Fetroyale penidllata {Gray) ebenda p. 891 — 893. 



Dendrolagus lumholtzi Coli, wird von Collett folgendermassen diagnosticirt 

 (Zool. Jahrb. II, p. 893 — 905). 



„Colour reddish yellnwish grey; the back with interspersed hhick hairs. 

 Snout and toes quite black. likewise neck and under side of the tail. 



On the skull, the frontalia are broad and inflated in front, and the iuter- 

 max. have their greatest breadth above the middle. The length of the body 

 (the head included) is ahout 650 to 700mm (and above); the tail soraewhat longer. 



The dentition: i f , c J, p i, m | (30). 



Biologisches und genaue Beschreibung nebst Maassen und Schädel -Ab- 

 liiidungen von alten und jungen Exempl. , Vergleich mit andern Arten der ge- 

 nannten Grattung. 



Bettongia pemcillata Gray s. ebenda p. 905 — 906. 



Hypsiprymnodontidae. Hypsiprymnodon moschalus Barns, s. Collett 

 in Zool. Jahrb. II, p. 906 — 910. 



Fhalangistidae. Phalangista vulpecula (Kerr.), Schädel u. Gebiss, ebenda 

 p. 910 — 912. 



Collett giebt eine genaue Beschreibung und folgende Diagnose von Pseu- 

 dochirus archeri Coli. (Zool. Jahrb. II, p. 912 ff.) 



„Ears Short. Für very close ; tail thickened at the root, the end with short 

 adpressed hairs. The colour (male): a mixture of yellowish green and gi'ey; 

 back darker with two yellowish white longitudinal stripes. Under surface white. 

 A white patch at the base of the ears. Tail yellowish grey with whitish tip. 



Nasalia very broad behind; in the suture vdth the frontalia they form an 

 obtuse angle (open in front). The intermaxillary suture divides the nasal suture 

 considerably before the middle. Auditory buUae very small. Foramina palatina 

 wanting; foram. incisiva short. 



The dental series almost unbroken. The upper c is larger than i^. The 

 ower i is proportionally short, with an upwards curved point; the 2 anterior 

 premolars are wanting. 



Dentition : 1 f , c i , p -J , m | (36). 



Derselbe beschreibt a. a. Ort. p. 917 ff. Fseudochirus herbertensis und giebt 

 folgende Diagnose : 



„Ears very short, almost hidden in the für. The end of tail is provided 

 with Short, but slightly adpressed hairs. 



The coloi;r above and the entire head is brownish black; beneath, in the 

 male, snowy white with a white ring round the elbow, in the female, greyish 

 white, without ring. Tail black with white tip. 



Nasalia long, forming together a central keel; in the suture with the 

 frontalia they form a rather deep angle (open in front). The intermaxillary 

 suture divides the nasal suture about the middle. Auditory bullae small. Fora- 

 mina palatina wanting; foram. incisiva long. 



The teeth comparatively dispersed. In the lower jaw p^ is wanting; also 

 c and p ' are rudimentary or wanting. 



