170 LLOYD'S NATURAL HISTORY, 
Phascologale wallacei, Schlegel, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. iii., 
Pp. 355 (1866); Thomas, Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 280 
(1888). 
Phascologale (Chetocercus) pilicauda, Peters and Doria, Ann. 
Mus. Genova, 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 DORIZ. 
Phascologale dorie, Thomas, Ann. Mus. Genova, ser. 2, vol. iv., 
p. 208 (1886) ; zd. Cat. Marsup. Brit. Mus., p. 282 (1888). 
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-haired, 
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). 
