168 PHAIANOBRIB^. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. EXTEENAI, ChAKACTKES, 



A. Ears of medium length, not excessively 



short ; longer than broad. Tail white- 

 tipped. — Australian and Tasmanian. 

 ' a. Naked part below tail-tip shorter than 



head. Tail nearly cylindrical, evenly 



bushy. — Central Queensland 1. Pg. lenmroides, p. 170. 



b. Naked part below tail-tip longer than 



head. Tail short-haired terminally. 

 a^. Ears smaller, their backs and bases 

 all dark like the rest of the head. 



Chin brovni. — Central Queensland. 2. Ps, herbertensis, p. 170. 

 i'. Ears larger, their backs with a spot, 

 generally white, sometimes rufous, 

 on their posterior maigins. Chin 

 white or rufous. 

 a°. Grey, outsides of limbs irufoue. 

 a'. Ear-spot usually small, white 

 or rufous. White part of tail 

 variable in length. — Eastern 



Australia ..,.,.,.' S. Pg. peregrinue, p. 172. 



6*. Dark smoky grey, without or with , 

 but little tinge of rufons. 

 6'. White ear-spot quite small. 

 White part of tail 5 or 6 inches 



long. — ^Western Australia . . 4. Ps. occidentalis,,f. 174, 

 e'. White ear-spot extending over 

 nearly the whole of the pos- 

 terior half of the back of the 

 ear. White part of tail 3 or 

 4 inches long. — Tasmania. ... 5, Ps. cooki, p. 176. 



B. Ears very short, broader than long. Tail 



not white-tipped, except in P. archeri. 



c. Form thick and stout. Dorsal striping 



conspicuous. Colour coppery or yel- 

 lowish, 

 c'. Tail white-tipped. Colour greenish 

 yellow, with three vague darker and 

 two lighter dorsal stripes, — Central 



Queensland 6. Ps. archeri, p. 177. 



d}. Tail not white-tipped. Colour griz- 

 zled coppery, with one deep black 

 dorsal stripe. — Papuan T. Ps. albertisi, p. 178. 



d. Form light and slender. Striping in- 



conspicuous. Colour grey. — ^Papuan. 



e'. Tail only naked for about 4 millim. 



at extreme tip. Face coloured like 



back. Forehead unstreaked; a 



pale spot below ear 8. Ps. schlegeli, p. 180, 



/^. Tail naked below tip for 2 or 3 

 inches. Pace paler than back, 

 orange or rufous. 

 c'. Forehead with a dark central 



streak ; no paler spot below ear. 9. Ps. canescens, p. 181, 

 <i'. Forehead unstreaked ; a pale spot 



below ear 10. Ps. forbesi, p. 183. 



