28 I.NTKODUCTIOX. 



28. Bdideus Ariel, Gould ! Vol. I. PI. 27. 



Habitat. Cobourg Peninsula,on the north coast of Australia. 



Genus Acrorata, Desm. 

 21). Acrobata j)ygm.iea, Desm Vol. I. PI. 28. 



Habitat. New South Wales and Victoria. 



By some oversight the name of this species has been spelt 

 on the plate and text Acrobates pygmccnis. 



(icnus DiiOMiciA, Grai/. 



30. Dromicia glirifonnis Vol. I. PI. 29. 



Habitat. Van Diemen's Land. 



31. Dromicia concinna, Gould Vol. I. PI. 30. 



Dromicia Neillii,W aievh. Nat. Ilist.of Mamm. vol. i. p. 315? 

 Habitat. Western Australia. 



32. Dromicia unicolor, Krefft. 



Dromicia unicolor, Krefft in Proc. Zool. Soc. Jan. 22, 18G3. 



*' Fur of a uniform mouse-colour, lighter on the sides and 

 beneath, with a blackish patch in front of the eye. 



" All the hairs are slate-grey at the base, tipped with yel- 

 lowish at the back and sides, and with grey beneath; longer 

 black hairs, tipped with white, are interspersed, except on the 

 under side of the body. Bristles black to within one-third 

 of the tip, which is white ; a few long bristly black hairs in 

 front and behind the eye. Tail somewhat longer than the 

 body, ])rehensile, Ihin, showing every joint ; slightly enlarged 

 at the base, and gradually tapering ; covered with a mixture 

 of light-coloured and black hairs ; a[)ical portion about 2" 

 from the tip, wide beneath. , 



" Length from tip to tip {\\ 



Tail 31 



Face to base of ear I 



Ear \ 



Arm and hands |^ 



Tarsi and toes | 



"This beautiful little creature was captured near St. Leo- 

 nard's North Shore, Sydney, feeding u[)on the blossoms of 



