348 MAMMALIA. 



Phascogale penicillata, Temminci Monogr. Mamm., i, p. 58 (1827); Could 

 Mamm. Ausir., \, pi. xxxi ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 294. 



Distribution. — Throughout Australia, except the extreme north. 



a. Skin West Australia Adelaide Mus. [Ex.] 



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



Genus SMINTHOPSIS. 



Podabrus, Gould Mamm. Ausir., letterpress to pi, xlvii (1845). 

 Sminthopsis, Thomas Ann. Mus. Geneva (2), iv, p. 503 (1887). 



Sminthopsis crassicaudata. 



Phascogale crassicaudata, Gould P. Z. S., p. 105 (1844). 



Podabrus crassicaudatus, Gould ^amm. .i4«sir., i, pi. xlvii (1845); Blyth 



Cat., p. 181. 

 Podabrus macrunis, Gould P. Z. S., p. 70 (1845). 

 Sminthopsis crassicaudata, Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 306 (1888). 



Distribution. — Throughout Australia. 



a-6. 2 Stuffed ...... Melbourne Inst., A.S.B. 



Genus MYRMECOBIUS. 



Myrmecobius, Waterhouse P. Z. S., p. 6g (1836). 



Myrmecobius fasciatus. 



Myrmecobius fasciatus, Waterhouse P.Z. S., pp. 69, 131 (1836); Gould 

 Mamm. Austr., i, pi. iv ; Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 312. 



Distribution. — Western and Southern Australia. 



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



(A. Anderson, 12-73). 



Genus DIDELPHYS. 



Didelphys, LinncBus Syst. Nat., 12th ed., i, p. 71 (1766). 



Didelphys marsupialis. 



Didelphys marsupialis, Linntzus Syst. Nat., I2th ed., i, p. 71 (1766); 



Thomas Cat. Mars. B. M., p. 323. 

 Didelphys cancrivora, Gmeliti Syst. Nat., i, p. 108 (1788). 

 Didelphys virginiana, Kerr Linn, Anim. Kingd., p. 193 {\-jg2)*. 



