138 . THE DASYURES. 



with the hair 9 inches ; from nose to ear, 1 inch 

 6| lines; ear, 10 lines, width at the base about 11 

 lines; length of tarsus, (without the claws) 1 inch 

 5 lines. 



Through the kindness of Prof. Owen, who allowed 

 me to examine the original specimen of the " Tapoa 

 Tafa " of White, now in the Museum of the College 

 of Surgeons, I am enabled to state with certainty that 

 it is the same as the Phascogale penicillata, the 

 Dasyurus Tafa of Geoffrey must therefore be erased 

 from the list of species of Dasyuri. 



The Brush-tailed Phascogale, Mr. Gould informs 

 me, is found throughout the Colony of New South 

 Wales, and is common on Liverpool Plains he has 

 also met with it at Adelaide in South Australia. Ii? 

 the colony just mentioned, it frequently enters the 

 houses. 



YELLOW-FOOTED PHASCOGALE. 



Phascogale flampes. 

 PLATE IX. 



Phascogale flavipes, Waterh. Proc. Zool. Soc. for July 1837, 

 p. 75. 



Description. Fur moderately long, not very soft, 

 consisting of hairs of two lengths. On the back the 

 shorter hairs are of a paleish ochre colour at the apex, 

 and the longer hairs are black, on the sides of the 

 body and limbs the ochreous hue prevails, the black 

 hairs being less numerous ; the under parts of the 



