348 MAMMALIA. 



Phascogale penicillata, Temminck Monogr. Mamm,, i, p. 58 (1827); Gould 

 MatJim. Ausir., i, pi. xxxi ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 294. 



Distribution. — Throughout Australia, except the extreme north. 



a. Skin West Australia Adelaide Mu3. [Ex.] 



6. Skull South Australia Adelaide M us. [Ex.] 



Genus SMINTHOPSIS. 



Podabrus, Gould Mamm. Austr., letterpress to pi. xlvii (1845). 

 Sminthopsis, Thomas Ann. Mus. Genova (2), iv, p. 503 (1887). 



Sminthopsis crassicaudata. 



Phascogale crassicaudata, Gould P. Z. S., p. 105 (1844). 



Podabrus crassicaudatus, Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. xlvil (1845); Blyth 



Cat., p 181. 

 Podabrus macrurus, Gould P. Z. S., p. 70 (1845). 

 Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 306 (li 



Distribution. — Throughout Australia. 

 a-h. 2 Stuffed Melbourne Inst., A.S.B. 



Genus MYRMECOBIUS. 



Myrmecobius, Waterhouse P. Z. S., p. 69 (1836). 



Myrmecobius fasciatus. 



Myrmecobius fasciatus, Waterhouse P. Z. S., pp. 69, 131 (1836); Gould 

 Ma)nm. Ausir., i, pi. iv ; Tho7nas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 312. 



Distribution. — Western and Southern Australia. 



a. Skin South Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



(A. Anderson, 12-73). 



Genus DIDELPHYS. 



Didelphys, LinncBus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 71 (1766). 



Didelphys marsupialis. 



Didelphys marsupialis, Linnceus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 71 (1766); 



Thoums Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 323. 

 Didelphys cancrivora, Gmelin Syst. Nat., \, p. 108 (1788). 

 Didelphys virginiana, Kerr Linn, Anim. Kingd., p. 193 (1792)*. 



