500 LONG-TAILED OPOSSUM. 



Mr. P. had not an opportunity of contemplating 

 the living animal, but took his description from a 



figure. 



VAR. ? 



Among some drawings in Mr. White's collec- 

 tion, I observed a figure which in every respect 

 seemed to agree with the above animal, except in 

 having the tail of the same colour with the body 

 except near the tip, where it was marked with a 

 bar of black, the tip itself being white. This draw- 

 ing was not more than half the size of the preced- 

 ing species, but as no particular size was specified, 

 and as there was reason for supposing it to relate 

 to the former animal, I here place it as a variety 

 only. 



LONG-TAILED OPOSSUM. 



Didelphis Macroura. D. hypochondriis proKxis volitans, supra 

 cinerea, subtus albida cauda longissima attenuata nigra. New 

 Holland Zoology, No. 3. p. 33. t. 12. 



Ash- coloured Opossum, whitish beneath with lateral flying 

 membrane, and very long black tail. New Holl. Zool. p. 33. 



THIS species is about the size of a black rat, 

 and is of a dark or brownish grey above, and 

 Avhitish beneath : the head and neck are also whit- 

 ish, but a dusky stripe runs along the top of the 

 head almost to the nose: the ears are whitish, 

 moderately large, and slightly rounded : the up- 



