272 PHALANGISTID^. 



of the limbs dirty white ; a narrow space round the 

 eye, and the muzzle are dusky; the feet are blackish; 

 a small portion of the tail at the base is coloured as 

 the body, the thick bushy fur on all the remaining 

 portion is black; about one-third of the apical portion 

 of the tail, and the extreme point are naked ; mou- 

 staches black ; claws of the feet pale horn colour. 



Length from nose to root of tail, 22 inches; tail, 

 about 13| inches; from tip of nose to ear, 8^ inches; 

 ear, about 1 inch 2 lines ; tarsus, 3 ^ inches ; fore- 

 foot, 2 inches 2 lines. 



The specimen from which the above description 

 is drawn, and which is the only one I have seen, is 

 the original of Mr. Ogilby's description, and was 

 procured in New South Wales, in the country beyond 

 Hunter's River, about eighty miles north of Sydney. 

 It is about the same size as Phala7igista vulpina, and 

 has the same thick bushy tail, but may at once be 

 distinguished from that species by its short rounded 

 ears ; the cheeks, moreover, want the yellow tint 

 which is always found in P, vulpina. 



