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Length of the hody about 300 millim., of the tail about 290 

 millim. 



Hub. Northern Queensland, legit Dr. Lumholtz, 1883. (One 

 specimen, preserved in the University Museum, Christiauia. ) 



Fig. 2. 



Phalangista archer i, J. 

 Side view of skull. Side view of lower jaw. 



2. Phalangista herbertensis, sp. nov. (Plate XXX.) 



General characters. — Brownish black above; lower surface white 

 or whitish. Tail with short hairs in its apical third. Ears small, 

 black. 



Description. — Male. Upper parts : head with chin and back 

 blackish brown, with numerous interspersed reddish-brown hairs ; 

 the root of the fur blackish. Lower parts white, this colour 

 covering the throat, belly, and inner side of the limbs. Ears short, 

 rounded, black, with short hairs ; length from their anterior base 

 13 millim. Nose broad, blackish, the shortest breadth of the naked 

 area being 8 millim. Limbs black, with a broad white ring round 

 the elbows ; the hind feet black above, white on inner side. Claws 

 pale yellow. Tail deep black, the apical third white ; the naked 

 line on lower surface very long, about two thirds of the length of 

 the tail. 



Length of the body about 310 millim., of the tail 280-300 

 millim. 



Female. Another specimen from the same locality, a female, 

 comes very near the male described above ; but the lower surface is 

 not snowy white, but greyish white, and no trace is visible of the 

 white ring round the elbows. The back is of a more reddish brown. 



Skull. — A deep groove between the frontal crests ; the parietal 



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