22 PSEUüOCHIRUS CAUDIVOLVULUS. 



the point, and more or less extended towards the root of 

 the tail: ears distinct, usually long: fore feet normal (i. e. 

 with no marked separation of the two inner from the 

 three outer toes). (Waterhouse , Marsupiata. I. p. 283), 



Pseudochirus caudivolvulus. 



1792. DidelpMs caudivolvxda Kerr. The animal Kingdom. 



p. 196. (New-Holland Opossum). 

 1847. Phalangista Cookii Desmarest. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. 



natur. XXV. p. 476. 



1837, Phalangista viverrina Ogilby. P. Z. S. L, p. 131. 



1838. Phalangista Banksii Gray. Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist. p. 107. 



1843. Phalangista (Trichuriis) bougainvillei Wagner. Schre- 



ber's Saugethiere. Suppl. Bd. HI. p. 82. 

 1846. Phalangista (Pseudochirus) canescensW a^ierhouse. Na- 

 tural History of the Mammalia. Vol. I. p. 305, 

 1863. Pseudochirus lanuginosus. Gould. Mammals of Australia. 

 Kerr described the species as follows: » Inhabits New- 

 Holland , near Endeavour-river. The head and body are 

 about thirteen inches long, being covered on the upper 

 part and the sides with long, soft, glossy hairs, of a dark 

 cinereous colour at the roots , and rusty brown at the ends ; 

 the tail is taper and of the same length with the head 

 and body; two-thirds of its length is covered with short 

 brown hair , the extremity being white , and naked under- 

 neath ; the paws are furnished with thumbs having flat 

 nails , and the toes have short claws : This species lodges 

 among the long grass, but is little known. The tail is 

 taper, hairy and prehensile at the end". 



Now I proceed to register the specimens of this species 

 in the Leyden Museum , adding short diagnoses, 



1. Adult male. Australia, Clarence river. From Stran- 

 ge's voyage. Rusty colored, mixed with black on the 

 back; underparts bright rusty, ears behind similarly colored, 



2. Nearly fullgrown male. Australia. Frank, 1845. Like 



Notes from the Leyden Mliiseum , Vol. "VII. 



