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The last molar of the upper jaw is of the same narrow form, and placed 

 obliquely as in P.penicillata. 



Not having a skull of P. penicillata, I am guided in my observations 

 by M. Temminck's figure in the ' Monographies de Mammalogie.'* 

 Upon comparing the skulls of P.flavipes with the same figure, the 

 resemblance is great ; in the smaller animal, however, the skull is 

 somewhat narrower in proportion (especially the fore part) ; the na- 

 sal bones are not so broad at their base. 



Phascogale MURiNA. Pliusc. ciuerea leviter jiavo lavata ; cor- 

 pore subtus pedibusque albis; caudd, corpus quoad hngitudi- 

 nem excellenfe, pilis albis valde minutis et adpressis vestitd. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin .... 3 



caudce 2 7 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris 8^ 



■ tarsi digitorumque 7f 



auris A\ 



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



This species may be readily distinguished from the former by its 

 much smaller size, being in fact rather less than the common mouse 

 {Mus musculus), or less than half the bulk of P.flavipes. The fur is 

 rather short and soft; its general hue is gray with a faint yellowish 

 tint, the longer hairs on the upper parts of the body being gray at 

 the apex, and the shorter hairs tipped with pale yellow or cream 

 colour ; the feet and vmder parts are white, as are likevdse the sides 

 of the face beneath the eye. All the hairs of the body are of a deep 

 slate colour at the base. The tail is covered ^vith very minute closely 

 adpressed silveiy white hairs. The dentition is evidently that of an 

 adult animal : the canines and anterior incisors of both upper and 

 lower jaws appear to be smaller in proportion than in P.flavipes. 



Mus Hayi. Mus auribus majusculis, rostra obtuso, tarsis eloii' 

 gatis, caudd corpus cum capite quoad longitudinem excellente ; 

 corpore supra fusco; lateribus flavis ; pedibus corporeque subiiis 

 albis; pectore notd jlavescente notato. 



unc. lin. 

 Longitudo ab apice rostri ad caudse basin. ... 3 8 



caudce 3 10 



ab apice rostri ad basin auris .... 1 If 



tarsi digitorumque 11 



auris 6f 



Hab. Morocco. 



* In M. Temminck's figure the three lateral incisors of the upper jaw are 

 represented as being close to the anterior pair. There is, however, a space 

 between the anterior incisors and the lateral, both in P. penicillata and in 

 the two species here described. 



