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July 25th, 1837. 



E. S. Hardisty, Esq., in the Chair. 



Mr. Waterhouse directed the attention of the Meeting to several 

 small Quadrupeds which he considered undescribed, and which he 

 proceeded to characterize as follows : 



Phascogale flavipes. Phase. fuscescentijlava, pilis nigris in- 

 termixtis; corporesubtiispedlbusquejiavis; guld albidd ; caudd, 

 corpus quoad longiludinem excellente, nigrescenti, subtus Jlavd, 

 pilis minutis et adpressis vestitd. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 4 8 



Cauda 3 5 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 1 



tarsi digitorumque 9|- 



auris 6 



Hah. North of Hunter's River, New South Wales. 



The fur of this animal is moderately long, not very soft, and con- 

 sists of hairs of two lengths. On the back the shorter hairs are of a 

 palish 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 body are of a yel- 

 low colour, inclining to white on the throat and mesial line of the 

 belly ; all the hairs are of a deep gray at the base both on the under 

 and upper parts of the body. The general hue of the head is gray, 

 a tint produced by the mixture of black and white hairs ; the eyelids 

 are black : the hairs immediately above and below the eye are of a 

 yellow-white colour, as are also those of the upper lip and lower 

 part of the cheeks. The moustaches are moderately long ; the hairs 

 are black at the base and grayish at the apex. The ears are of mo- 

 derate size, and have the hinder portion emarginated ; they are fur- 

 nished externally with minute hairs, those on the inner side being 

 chiefly of a yellow colour. The feet are of an uniform deep ochre 

 colour. The tail is about equal in length to the body and half the 

 head, and is furnished with small and closely adpressed hairs, between 

 which rings of scales are visible ; on the apical portion of the tail the 

 hairs are longer, slightly exceeding one eighth of an inch in length ; 

 the hairs on the under side of the tail are of a deep buff colour, and 

 those of the upper side are black and yellow, excepting at the apex, 

 where all the hairs are black. 



The teeth in this species agree in number with those of Phascogale 

 penicillata, and in fact scarcely differ in any respect, making allow- 

 ance for the difference in the size of the animals. The two front in- 

 cisors of both upper and lower jaws are perhaps smaller in propor- 

 tion, and the third false molar in the lower jaw is decidedly smaller 

 in proportion, being scarcely visible unless the gum be removed. 



