ON A NEW SPECIES OF PETAURIDES FROM THE 

 BELLENDEN-KER RANGE, N. E. QUEENSLAND. 



By Dr. E. P. Ramsay. 



Pet Au RIDES cinereus, sp. nov. 



I. 



3-3 



C. 



3--3 



1-i* 



p. :— ?. M. 



4-4 

 4-4' 



1-1 



1-1" ""• 'd • 



Adult male. The whole of the upper surface of the body ashy- 

 gray, the face long and fluffy or silky to the touch, slightly darker 

 on the dorsal region, and with an indistinct stripe of blackish- 

 gray down the occiput ; head, chin, ears and face slightly darker 

 in tint than the back. The fur of the back and sides tipped with 

 ashy-white, that of the fore and hind limbs darker ; hands and 

 feet blackish, hair on the former short, on the latter long and 

 silky ; base of the tail like tlie back in some specimens, creamy or 

 ashy for about one-fourth of its length, gradually becoming darker 

 until almost black at the tip ; all the under surface from the chin, 

 underside of the limbs, and parachute white. Ears rounded, 

 about half as long again as wide, clothed with long hair on the 

 outside, flesh-coloured and almost bare within. The parachute or 

 " wing membrane ' commences a little in front of the elbow-joint, 

 extends to about half-way below the knee-joint, and is not very 

 wide. Hair longest and most silky on the posterior parts of the 

 body and the hind legs, shortest on the under side on the belly. 



Skull.— Tot-aX length 2-20 (55), across the forehead in front of 

 the zygomatic arches 0'48 (12), across the head at base of arches 



