On the specimens of Phascologale in the Museo Civico, Genoa, with notes on the 
allied species of the genus; by OLDFIELD THOMAS, British Natural History 
Museum. 
Being engaged in working out the species of the difficult Mar- 
supial genus Phascologale, I have, by the kindness and generosity 
of the Marquis G. Doria, been entrusted with the whole of the 
valuable collection of specimens of the genus contained in the 
Museo Civico, Genoa. This collection comprises not only the types 
of the species described by the late Prof. Peters in conjunction 
with the Marquis Doria, but also a considerable number of ad- 
ditional specimens belonging to these and other rare Papuan 
| species, species either almost or wholly unrepresented in any 
of the other great European Museums. 
By the help of this collection and the comparison of the spe- 
cimens in the Leyden, Paris and British Museums, I have been 
able to draw up the following notes on the chief species of 
the genus Phascologale. 
Before commencing I have much pleasure in returning my 
sincere thanks for the courtesy and liberality with which, du- 
ring my examination of specimens, I have been treated by the 
Directors of the continental Museums I have visited, and espe- 
cially by D." F. A. Jentink, Prof. A. Milne Edwards, D." R. 
Gestro and by the Marquis G. Doria himself. 
With regard to the limits and position of the genus Phasco- 
| logale it is evident, on the examination of the very various forms 
more recently discovered, that Antechinus, Macl., Myotctis, Gray, 
