DROMICIA. 339 



Dt'stribuit'on.— Sovith and West Australia. 



a. Skin, skull South Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



b. Skin, skull ...... No history. 



c. Skull South Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 

 <i. Stuffed, skull W. Rutledge, 



Genus TARS I PES. 



Tarsipes, Gervais and Verreaux P. Z. S,, p. I (1842). 



Tarsipes rostratus. 



Tarsipes rostra tus, Gervais and Verreaux P. Z. S., p. I (1842); Goald 



Mamm. Austr., i, pi. v ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 133, 

 Tarsipes spenserae, Gray Ann. Mag. N. H., ix, p. 40 (1842). 



Distribution . — Western Australia . 

 a. Skin g W. Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



Genus ACROBATES. 



Acrobates, Desmaresi N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, p. 405 (1817). 



fAcrobates pygmasus. 



Didephys pygmaea, Shaw Zool. New Holland, i, p. S (1794)*- 



Acrobates pygmxus, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. A'oi., xxv, p. 405 (1817); 



Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. xxviii ; Blyth Cat,, p. 183; Thomas Cat. 



Mars. B. M., p. 136. 



Distribution. — Southern Queensland, New South Wales and 

 Victoria. 



a. Stuffed N. S. Wales Sydney Inst., A.S.B. 



b. Ale, N. S. Wales G. Nevill. 



Genus DROMICIA. 



Dromicia, Gray Ap^, Grey's Travels Austr., ii, p. 407 (1841)*. 



Dromicia nana. 



Phalangista nana, Desmarest N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., xxv, p. 477 (1817). 

 Phalangista gliriformis, Bell Linn. Trans., xvi, p. 121, pi. xiii, xiv (1828). 

 Dromicia nana, Gray App. Grey's Travels Austr., ii, p. 401 (1841)*; Thomas 



Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 144. 

 Dromicia gliriformis, Gould Mamm. Austr., i, pi. xxix (1845). 

 Dromicia unicolor, Krefft P. Z. S., p. 49 (1863). 



Distribution^ — Tasmania." 



«. Skin, skull No history. 



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