On a Collection of Mamtnals from Central and Northern Queensland. 859 



As the two skuUs of B. geo/froyi, as previously mentioned, are not 

 quite complete, I cauuot Institute any detailed comparison of the two 

 species as regards the reniaining parts of the skull. I shall, however, 

 mention that the Nasalia in D. liallucatus are long, and almost 

 extend beyond the front margin of the Intermaxillary. The narial 

 aperture is therefore almost perpendicularly cut oti" in front, whilst 

 in D. geoffroyi the sides are oblique ou account of the Nasalia here 

 not attaiuing the front edge of the Intermaxillary. Moreover, the Na- 

 salia in B. hallucatus are proportionally broader behind, than. in 

 either B. maculatus or B. geoffroyi. 



23. Fhascologale penicillata (Shaw) 1800. 



Didetphis penicillata 8haw, Gen. Zool. vol. I, part 2, p. 502 (1800). 

 l^/iascugale penicillata Temm., Mouogr. Mamm. tom. I, p. 58, pl. 7 (1827). 



A. Male, Coomooboolaroo, 1884 (skin with skull). 



Of this species which does not appear to be numerous in Queens- 

 land, a few were seen in the neighbourhood of Rockhampton. Only 

 one specimen was brought home, a mature male with long scrotum. 



The length of the body (with head) of the stuffed specimen is 

 about 250 mm, the tail 230 mm. 



The colouf above is grizzly grey, the outer part of the hair 

 being whitish with black tip. No indication is found of a darker 

 central stripe along the back, A small white spot above and below 

 the eye form a broken circle around it. The ears are but thinly 

 clothed ; the inner surface has along both margins a narrow stripe 

 of slightly longer hairs, also traces of a shorter one in the middle. 

 The tail, which is somewhat shorter than the body, is reddish grey at 

 the root (somewhat unlike the colour of the body), the outer f"^*^" black; 

 the black portion of the tail is formed of long brushlike hairs; the 

 under part of the body, the scrotum and feet (with claws) are whitish. 



The skull. The length of skull isöOram, the breadth 31 mm. 

 The only attainable figure of the skull of Ph. ^penicillata that I know 

 of, is to be found in Temminck's Mouogr. de Mammal. tom I, pl. 7, 

 (1827)1) for which an incoraplete cranium has formed the model. 

 I shall therefore add, in what respects the skull of the present spe- 



1) Copied in Giebels „Säugethiere", (Beonn's Classen und Ordnungen 

 d. Thierreichs), Taf. XIX, Fig. 9a and 9 b. 



