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Proportions of incisors and premolars about as in Ph. longi- 



caudata. 



Dimensions of the two specimens obtained by Dr. Loria , 

 measured in spirit : 



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Head and body 107 100 



Tail 120 128 



Hind toot 21 20 



Ear 17 16 



Skull (9) basal length 27, greatest breadth 17: interorbital 

 breadth 7 ; nasals 10 X 4.5; combined length of ms 1 ' ; 6.1. 



Huh. Moroka, British New Guinea, altitude 1300 metres. Col- 

 lected and presented by Dr. Lamberto Loria. 



Of the two co-types Dr. Gestro has been good enougli to 

 cede the male to the British Museum, the female remaining in 

 the Museo Civico. 



The only other species with similarly well haired, though not 

 bushy, tails are Ph. dorsalis and doriae, but these are both 

 striped dorsally and have differently proportioned premolars. 

 Ph. melanura clearly belongs to the group comprising the small 

 « Antechini » of Australia, Ph. minima, flavipes etc., and of 

 which Ph. longicaudata is the largest member, but il is readily 

 distinguished from all by its black and hairy tail. 



