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74. Pogonomys lamia Thomas. 



Size small as in lepidas; bead and body 111 — 118 mm., 

 tail 161 — 158 mm. Tail ratber coarsely scaled, more bairy 

 tban ia Loriae and lepidus, smootb prebeusile portion 

 on tbe upper side of tbe tip markedly distinct from tbe 

 scaly and bairy remainder. Collected by Loria at Igbibirei 

 on tbe Kemp Welcb-river, some little way inland, and 

 at Haveri, near Mount Wori-Wori (Ann. Mus. Genova, 

 1897, p. 615). 



75. Conilurus papuanus Ramsay. 



Mr. Ogilby invented tbe generic name Conilurus for 

 mice resembling small rabbits witb a long tail (Trans- 

 act. Linn. Soc. L. 1841, p. 124). A dozen of species bave 

 been described, as belouging to this genus, all from Australia, 

 witb tbe single exception of Ramsay's papuanus (Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 1883, p. 18). 



Marsupialia. 



76. Phalanger maculatus E. Geoffroy. 



As yet known from the Saleyer-islands eastwards and 

 southwards to New- Guinea and the islands round that 

 large island and to Australia. In my Monograph (Notes 

 from the Leyden Museum, 1885) of this genus I pointed 

 out tbe endless variation in colour, never constant for 

 a given locality, and I described in compact terms every 

 individual separately. In the Leyden-Museum are speci- 

 mens from Doreb; Andai, Hattam, Windessie, on tbe 

 Geelviok-Bay, from Jobi, Mefoor and Scbouten-island, 

 three islands in the Geelvink-Bay, and from tbe Lobo-Bay; 

 in the British-Museum from Port-Moresby and Sogore; 

 in tbe Genoa-Museum from Aroma, east of the mouth 



Notes from the Leyden Mluseura, Vol. XXVIII. 



