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PEALANGEEID^. 



Hah. Tasmania*. 



Type in the Paris Museum. 



This species is remarkable for its tendency to form fatty accumu- 

 lations, both in the base of its tail and elsewhere, a tendency specially 

 manifested in confinement ; nearly all specimens are exceedingly 

 difficult to preserve, owing to the oily exudation that takes place all 

 over them. 



a-c. Ad. al., cJ 2 • 



'''«• {skulfofrf. [^S' 

 /. Ad. al., 2 & 4 young. 



\ Ad. sk. ■ 

 Skull. 



1 Ad. sk. I p 

 \ Skull. ( *• 



h. Ad. St. 



. . I Ad. & yg. sks. I 



*'> jskuUcrt. \ 



J ) Ad. sk. ) o 



*• 1 Skull. I?- 



I. Ad. St. 



m. Skeleton. 



n. Imm. sk. 



o. Skeleton $ (mounted). 



1 Ad. St. I 

 ^'ff-jSkuUs. f 



Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 



Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 



Tasmania. 



Konald Gunn, Esq. 



[P. & 0.]. 

 Mr. J.Abrahams [P.]. 



Dr. Milligan [PJ. 

 Thomas Bell; Esq. 



(Type of i). glirifnrmis, Bell.) 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 



Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 

 Tasmania. 

 Tasmania ( Voy. 'Fly'). 



Dr. J. E. Gray [P.]. 



Dr. J. E. Gray [P.], 

 Dr. J. E. Gray 'P. 

 Lieut. A. Smith [P. 

 J.B. Jukes, Esq. [P. 



&;0.] 



Zool. SoC. 



4. Dromicia concinna. 



Dromicia conoinna, Gould, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 2 ; id. Mamm. Aiistr. i. 



pi. XXX. (animal) (1856). 

 Phalangista (Dromicia) eonciuna, Waterh. N. S, Mamm. i. p. 314, 



pi. xi-ifig. 2 (animal) (1846) ; Wagn. Schr. Sciug. Supp. v. p. 277 



(1855); Oieb. Sciug. p 699 (1859). 

 Phalangista (Dromicia) neilli, Waterh. N. S. Mamm. i. p. 315, 



pi. xix. fig. 3 (skull) (1846) ; Wagn. Schr. Smig. Supp. v. p. 277 



(1855) ; Oieb. Sciug. p. 700 (1859). 



Lessee DoKMOirsE-PHALANaEE. 



Size small, form very light and delicate. General colour bright 

 fawn. Pace pale fawn, the usual darker mark round and in front of 

 the eye scarcely distinguishable. Ears long, rather narrow, evenly 

 oval. Back-hairs slaty grey at base, their tips bright fawn, with a 

 slight tinge of rufous. Chin, chest, and belly pure white, the line 

 of demarcation on sides sharply marked. Outsides of limbs like 



* The two speoimens of " D. unicolor " mentioned by Krefft came from the 

 near neighbourhood of Sydney, and I have no doubt had both escaped from 

 captivity, as the species has otherwise never been recorded from the mainland, 

 while it is at the same time to be found in the collection of almost every dealer 

 in live animals. 



