170 PHALAHOEEIDJJ. 



1. FseudocMrus lemuroides. 



Phalangista (Hemibelideus) lemuroides, Coll. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 385, 



pi. xxxi. (animal), figa. 5 & 6 (skull) ; Lumholtz, P. Z. 8. 1884, 



p. 407 (habits). 



Pseudochirus (Hemibelideus) lemuroides. Coll. Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 923 



(1887). 



Fur soft and woolly, even on the hands and feet. General colour 



of head and back dark brownish grey, grizzled with reddish brown 



on the shoulders and ashy grey on the hips. Head dark brown, 



with a rufous tinge. Ears medium, projecting but little beyond the 



thick fur of the head, thinly hairy. Centre of nape and back with 



an indistinct darker line. Chest and belly dirty yellowish grey, 



not sharply defined from the upper colour. Limbs dark brown, 



gradually becoming black terminally. Tail black, uniformly thickly 



clothed with fur for its whole length, very slightly tapering, and 



agreeing in this respect more with Trichosurus than with the other 



Psemlochiri. Naked part of tail very short, its length less than 



that of the head. 



ShuU short and broad, and bearing a very close resemblance to 

 that of Petauroides volans. Nasals short, flattened above, their tips 

 not projecting nearly as far forwards as the front of the pre- 

 maxillse. Interorbital space concave, gradually narrowing back- 

 wards, its edges with sharp upstanding ridges, and quite without 

 inflation. Palate nearly perfect. Bullae very slightly inflated. 



Teeth. Anterior incisors separated in front. Distinct diastemata 

 present.in front of and behind canine and behind p.' ; canine as long 

 as or slightly longer than i.', p.' about two thirds its heiglit. 

 No lower intermediate teeth present in any of the three known 

 specimens.* 



Dimensions. 



Type (sMn). Adult. 

 miUim, 



Head and body 370 



Tail 295 



Ear 20 



SkuU, see p. 185. 

 Eab. Herbert River, Central Queensland. 

 Type in the Christiania Museum. 



2. PseudocMrus herbertensis. 



Phalangista herbertensis, CoU. P. Z. S. 1884, p. 383, pi. xxx. (animal), 

 figs. 3 & 4 (skull) ; Lumholtz, P. Z. S. 1884, p. 407 (habits). 



Pseudochirus mongan, De Vis, P. Linn. Soc. If'. S. W. (2) i. p. 1130 

 (1887). 



Pseudochirus herbertensis, Coll. Zool. Jahrb. ii. p. 917 (1887). 



Hebbeei-Eivbe Phalanser. 



Fur thick, close, and woolly. General colour dark umber-brown. 

 Face uniform dark brown, no lighter marks anywhere, even in the 



* This account is compiled from Dr. OoUett's figure and descriptions of the 

 typical specimen, which I had the opportunity of examining in 1884. 



