﻿lyo ALLEN'S NATURALLST'S LIBRARY. 



Phascologale zvallacei, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr, Dierk., vol. iii., 

 P- 355 (1866); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 280 



• (1888). 



Phascologale {^ChcEfocei-ais) pilicmida^ Peters and Doria, Ann. 

 Mus. Geneva, vol. xvi., p. 668 (1881). 



Characters. — Rather smaller than the last, from which it may 

 be distinguished by the bright rufous neck and tail, the divided 

 pad of the hallux in the hind foot, and by the median black 

 stripe on the head being either indistinct or wanting, as well as 

 by its generally less brilliant coloration, as especially shown by 

 the paler head and neck. The tail is more bushy ; and the 

 last premolar tooth in both jaws considerably larger. 



Distribution. — South-western New Guinea and the Aru 

 Islands. 



V. ORANGE-BELLIED POUCHED MOUSE. PHASCOLOGALE DORLE. 



Phascologale dorm, Thomas, Ann. Mus. Genovn, ser. 2, vol. iv., 

 p. 208 (18S6); id. Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 282 (iSSS). 



Characters. — Size medium ; fur thick, close and soft, with 

 abundant dark slaty-grey under-fur; head long and slender. 

 General colour dark grizzled orange-brown, the hairs on the 

 back being tipped with orange; back with a single well-defined 

 black stripe, commencing on the back of the head ; under- 

 parts dull orange rufous. Tail comparatively short^iaired, 

 black, with the extreme tip white. Four teats. 



Distribution. — North-western New Guinea. 



VI. CHESTNUT-BELLIED POUCHED MOUSE. PHASCOLOGALE 



DORSALIS. 



Phascologale dorsalis^ Peters and Doria, Ann. Mus. Genova, 

 vol. viii., p. 335 (1876) ; Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., 

 p. 283 (1888). 



