﻿THE FLVING PHALANGERS, I05 



Belideus gracilis, De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. South Wales, 

 vol. vii., p. 619 (1882). 



i^Plate XV,) 



Characters. — Size medium ; fur soft and silky, slightly woolly. 

 General colour soft pale grey, with a well-defined dark brown or 

 black stripe down the back ; under-parts white with a tinge of 

 yellow. Ears somewhat variable in size, nearly naked internally, 

 and at their tips outside, followed posteriorly by a white or pale 

 yellow spot. Upper surface of parachute dark brown or greyish, 

 the edges fringed with white or pale yellow ; feet pale grey or 

 white on their upper surfaces. Length of toes in the order 5, 

 4, 3, 2, I. Tail moderate, very bushv, grey, darkening termi- 

 nally into black. Length of head and body about lo inches ; of 

 tail II inches. 



Di3tril3ution. — Eastern Australia, from Queensland to Vic- 

 toria. 



II. LESSER FLYING PHALANGER. PETAURUS BREVICEPS. 



Petaiirus {Belideus) breviceps, Waterhouse, Proc. Zool. Soc, 



1838, p. 152. 

 Fetaurus breviceps, Gray, in Grey's Australia, Appendix, vol. ii., 



p. 402 (1841) ; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. iMus., p, 156 



(1888). 

 Belidais breviceps, Lesson, Nouv. Tabl. Regne Anim., Mamm., 



p. 189 (1842). 

 Belideus ariel, Gould, Proc. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. 11. 

 Fetaurus {Belideus) ?iotatus, Peters, Monatsber. Ak. Berlin, 



1859, P- 14. 



{Plate XVI.) 



Characters. — Size small ; fur soft and silky. General colora- 

 tion as in F. sciureus, but with the dark stripe down the back 

 generally indistinct. Ears large. Relative lengths of fore toes 



