DROMICIA. 35 
ave 1.2.3 1 0.3.4 2.34 
Dentition.—l. 755 C.5% P. oan M. sas 16+4 x 2=40. 
Habits.—Arboreal ; phytophagous. 
1, GYMNOBELIDEUS LEADBEATERI, M/cCoy (1867). 
-Leadbeater’s Opossum. 
Fur soft and close. General color above brownish-gray ; below 
dull yellowish. A central dusky streak along the nape and back. 
A dark patch under base of ear, and fainter ones before and 
behind the eye. Ears large, semi-elliptical, nearly naked towards 
the tip. Terminal toe-pads of fore feet large and wrinkled. 
Palm- and sole-pads large, low, and finely striated. Tail pale 
brown. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about five and a half inches ; 
tail about one inch longer. 
Habitat.—Victoria (Bass River). 
References. —Thomas, B.M. Catal. p. 149 ; McCoy, Prodr. Zool. 
Vie. pl. xci. (animal, skull, and feet). 
Genus IX.—DROMICTA, Gray (1841). 
Size small. Ears large and thin, almost naked. No flying- 
membrane. Fingers and toes normally proportioned, without 
broad terminal pads, the respective lengths of the former as 
follows—3, 4, 2, 5,1. Fore claws short and rudimentary ; hind 
claws as usual. Tail cylindrical, its base furry, the remainder 
finely scaly, and clothed with short hairs ; the extreme tip beneath 
roughened, naked, and prehensile. Mamme four. 
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Dentition.—I. aes C. e je 7 aaaGed? M. Taatesaz (at most 
normally) 17+3x2=40. 
Habits.—Arboreal ; phytophagous. 
1. Dromicta conctnna, Gowld (1845). 
Western Dormouse-Opossum. 
Size small; form very light and delicate. General color above 
bright fawn ; the belly hairs pure white throughout. Dark eye- 
mark almost obsolete. Ears long, rather narrow, evenly oval. 
Outsides of limbs fawn, insides white. Tail slender, not 
incrassated. 
Dimensions.—Head and body about three inches ; tail rather 
longer. 
Habitat.—South and West Australia. 
References.—Thomas, B. M. Catal. p. 146, pl. xvi. fig, 8 
(dentition); Gould, Mamm. Austr. 1. pl. xxx. 
