158 



PHALANGERlDa). 



f \ Ad. sk. I 

 ' ■ \ SkuU. i , 



j Ad. sk. I 

 9- ■jSkuU. ( 

 , . j Ad. sk. I , 

 *'*• j SkuUs. f 

 /. Ad. sk. 



k, I. Ad. al., d . 

 m. Ad. al., (3 . 



I Ad. sk. I , 

 "• 1 Skull. \ '^- 



' I Imm. st. I 

 "• 1 Skull, f 

 p. Skeleton. 



q. Skeleton. 



9/6. 



(North Australian Ex- 

 pedition.) 

 (Nortli Australian Ex- 

 pedition.) 

 Camden Oo. (lUawarra), 

 N. S. W. {J. Strange). 

 New South Wales. 



Victoria. 

 [Tasmania.] 



— Barnes, Esq. [P.]. 



Dr. J. K. Elsey [P.]. 



Gould Coll. 



Zoological Society. 



{Type of species.) 

 Purchased. 

 Ronald Gunn, Esq. 



[P. & C] 

 J. P. Atkins, Esq. 



[P.]. 

 Purchased. 



Capt. P. P. King 



[P. & C.]. 

 Purchased. 



b. Petaurus breviceps, var. papuanus. 



Belideus ariel (nee Gould), Ch-ay, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 109, and 1860, 



p. 5; AM. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 125 ; Mams. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. ii. 



p. 12 (1878), iii. p. 243 (1879). , 



Petaurus ariel, Schley. Ned. Tydschr. Dierk. iii. p. 367 (1866) ; 



Pders 8f Doria, Ann. Mus. Genov. xvi. p. 683 (1881) ; Jent. Cat. 



Ost. Leyd. Mus. p. 317 (1887). 



Papttan Fltins Phalanger. 



Fur shorter and closer than in the typical form. Stripes and 

 markings as in that animal, but better defined, owing to the shortness 

 of the hair. Ears (PI. XV. fig. 10) compartively small, laid forward 

 (in spirit-specimens) they barely reach to the anterior canthus of 

 the eye ; their general shape narrower and less rounded than in the 

 Australian form. Whole of underside yellowish or orange, the 

 hairs not or very slightly grey basally. Mammae 4. Heel less 

 hairy than in P. hrevieeps, the main naked part of the sole connected 

 with the tip of the heel by a narrow naked line. Tail long, evenly 

 cylindrical, not more bushy basally than terminally ; its basal three 

 fourths pale yellowish grey, its tip black. 



SkuU (PI. XV. fig. 11) with the bullae small, rounded, little pro- 

 minent, their greatest antero-posterior diameter generally only 

 about 5'5 millim. ; no projecting point on their anterior portion. 



Teeth as in the typical form, except that they are rather smaller 

 and lighter, and the diastema between the upper i.' and canine is so 

 reduced that these teeth almost or quite appear to overlap when 

 viewed from the side. 



* These Bpeoimens had no enact locality marked upon them, but as they are 

 the only ones received from Mr. Gould, they are presumably those from lUa- 

 warra referred to in his ' Mammals of Australia.' 



