548 PROF. R. COLLETT ON PHASCOLOGALE VIRGINIE. [ Dec. 7, 
8. On Phascologale virginia, a rare Pouched Mouse from 
Northern Queensland. By Rosert Cottett, C.M.Z.S. 
[Received December 2, 1886.] 
(Plate LX.) 
PHASCOLOGALE VIRGINIZ, De Tarragon, 1847. (Plate LX.) 
Phascologale virginia, De Tarr. Revue Zool. 1847, p. 177. 
Diagn. Skull with strong sagittal and occipital crests, and 
distinct processus postorbitales. Incisors almost equal; upper 
canine very long. First premolar very small; third the largest. 
Ossa palatina with foramina; pars ner ion scarcely inflated 
behind the bulle. 
Ears large, almost naked; tail as long as the body and head, 
scantily clothed with adpr essed hairs. 
Hind feet slender, hallux very short; sole of metatarsus naked in 
the middle line ; tubereulated callosities at the base of the toes. 
Colour blackish, grizzled with silvery white ; head reddish grey, 
with a black stripe from nose to between the ears, and trace of 
another on the side of the snout. Below greyish ; feet pale red, tail 
reddish grey with black tips‘. 
Measurements, taken from the stuffed specimen :— 
millim. 
Length of body (with head) .......... about 125 
Length of tail........ sie kee ee ae e 120 
From tip .erenout to .¢ar 005. 5 dy oie kiasiy: ss ee re 
Height of ear, exterior margin.............. 20°5 
Height of ear, interior margin........ S's faba pf 
Sole of hind foot (with claw) .............. 33 
Fur rather short, not woolly; each hair bluish grey at the base, 
the outer third white with black tip, some hairs entirely black. 
Feet slender; point of hallux not nearly reaching to the base of 
the toes. 
Skull, The skull is strongly built, with high sagittal and occipital 
crests, and a distinct processus postorbitalis ; the dentition is, how- 
ever, comparatively weak. 
millim 
Lprigtl sot See iat fic ego mt immnie = papel + sows (ele 
Breadth across arcus zygomaticus i cetaaris =) cane rade 19 
Peicht...2: Ghee eae Ysa ae Wace paral e 
Shortest breadth between orbits .. Sto] Mt tees 
Breadth before the commencement of a. zygomaticus. 12 
Length of tooth-series in upper jaw.............- 15 
Length of tooth-series in lower jaw.............. 13 
Dentition :—I. 4; C.;; P. 3; M. 4 (46). 
1 The colour of the tail and snout is rather indistinct, the hairs being very 
much worn, 
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