140 THE DASYURES. 



for the difference in the size of the animals. Tlie 

 anterior pair of incisors of the upper jaw are separa- 

 ted by a small interval from the rest which they 

 exceed in size ; there is not however quite so great 

 a difference in size between these anterior and the 

 lateral incisors as in P. penicillata. The molar teeth 

 are rather shorter and broader in proportion than in 

 the animal just mentioned. In the palate there are 

 two tolerable large incisive foramina, between which 

 there is a minute opening as in P. penicillata ; in the 

 back part of the palate there are two very large 

 openings, they commence opposite the fourth molar, 

 and terminate apparently opposite the last.* The 

 skull is narrower and rather more elongated than in 

 P. penicillata, the nasal bones are not so broad 

 behind. 



I am informed by Mr. Gould, that this species is 

 frequently seen both on the ground and on trees, it 

 clings very closely to the trunks of the trees, keeping 

 its legs widely separated, and moving in little starts. 



GEOFFROY'S PHASCOGALE. 



Phascogale minima. 



Dasyurus minimus, Geqf. Ann. du Mus, Tom 3, p. 362. 

 Phascogale Swainsonii, WaterJi. Mag. of Nat. Hist, for June 

 1840, Vol. iv., p. 29i). 



This species is larger than the P/ias. JIavipes ; 

 its fur, instead of being, as in that species, of a 



* The hinder part of the palate is mutilated. 



