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tip, with the sharply defined naked inferior portion extending 

 nearly half the length, and coarsely granulated in old ex- 

 amples. 



Distribution. — New Guinea. 



VIII. schlegel's phalanger. pseudochirus schlegeli. 

 Pseudochirus schlegeli^ Jentink, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. vi., 

 p. no (1884); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. i8o 

 (1888). 



Characters. — Size considerably less than in any of the pre- 

 ceding species ; fur thick and woolly ; form light and slender. 

 General colour dull silvery grey; under-parts yellow, tinged 

 with rufous ; stripe on back inconspicuous ; fur coloured like 

 back ; no streak on forehead ; a pale spot below the ear. Tail 

 coloured like the back, minus the rufous tinge, with the extreme 

 tip naked all round, and thus diiferent from that of every other 

 member of the genus. 



Distribution. — North-western New Guinea. 



IX. HOARY PHALANGER. PSEUDOCHIRUS CANESCENS. 



Phalangista (^Pseudochirus) canescens, Waterhouse, Nat. Hist. 



Mamm., vol. i., p. 305 (1846). 

 Phalangista berfisteini, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. iii., 



p. 357 (1866). 

 Phalangista grisescens, Peters, Ann. Mus. Genov., vol. vi., p. 



303 (1874)- 

 Pseudochirus canescens, Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 

 181 (1888). 



Characters. — May be distinguished from the last species as 

 follows : Tail naked on under surface of tip for two or three 

 inches; face paler than back, brownish yellow ; forehead with 

 a dark median streak ; no pale spot below ear. 



Distribution.— North-western New Guinea. 



