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Psetidocliiriis herberfensis, Collett, Zool. Jahrbuch, vol. ii., 

 p. 917 (1887) ; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 170 

 (1888). 



Characters. — Size moderate ; fur thick, close, and woolly. 

 General colour dark umber-brown ; chin brown ; under-parts 

 white, or greyish-white, with irregular white patches. Ears 

 short. Limbs dark brown, sometimes ringed with white. Hair 

 of tail woolly ; from one to three inches of tip of tail white ; 

 naked portion of under-surface from five to six inches in 

 length, coarsely shagreened. Length of head and body about 

 14 inches ; of tail 13 inches. 



Distribution. — Central Queensland, in the Herbert river dis- 

 trict. 



This species — the "Uta" of the aborigines — is remarkable for 

 the inconstancy of the presence of the white rings on the 

 limbs ; the uniformly-coloured variety having been regarded as 

 a distinct species, under the name of P. mongan. It is stated 

 to inhabit only the very summits of the mountain ranges of the 

 Herbert river district, and consequently nothing has been 

 ascertained as to its habits, which are, however, doubtless 

 like those of the other species. 



III. COMMON RING-TAILED PHALANGER. PSEUDOCHIRUS 



PEREGRINUS. 



Didelphis peregrinus, Boddaert, Elench. Animal. ; vol. i., p. 78 



(1785). 

 Didelphis caudivolvula, Kerr, Linn. Anim. Kingdom, p. 196 



(1792). 

 Didelphis novce-hollaiidice^ Bechstein, Uebers. Vierf. Thiere, 



vol. ii., p. 348 (1800). 

 Phalangista convolutor^ Schinz, in Cuvier's Thierreichs, vol. i., 



p. 258 (1821), 



