S. dastueUs. ^'71 



c, d. 1mm. al., ej 9 . Port Darwin, Arnhem Land. R. G. S. Buckland, 



Esq. [0.]. 

 e. Skull (cJ). Cape York (J". Macgillivray). Voy. ' Rattlesnake.' 



/. Ad. sk., 5 . Sir George Grey 



5. Dasynrns albopnnctatus. 



Dasyurua albopunctatus, Schleg. Notes Leyd. Miis. ii. p. 51 (Jan. 1880) ; 



Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd. Mits. p. 304 (1887). 

 Dasyurus fuscus, M.-Edwards, C. B. xc. p. 1518 (June 1880) ; id. 



Ann. Mag. N. H. (5) vi. p. 172 (1880). 



New Guinea Dastuke. 



Size as in D. hallucatus, form rather stouter. Fur short, close and 

 soft, much shorter than in the other species ; underfur very thin, dark 

 brown. General colour dark grizzled rufous-hrown, white-spotted. 

 Head short and broad, dark fulvous. Ears short, rounded, nearly 

 naked. Neck, anterior back, sides and outsides of limbs dark grizzled 

 fulvous or rufous ; hind back darker, nearly black. Body-spots very 

 small, the larger ones only from 5 to 7 millim. in diameter. Chin, 

 chest, and belly pale yellow or rufous. Feet dark brown ; hallux 

 present ; soles naked, pads distinct, transversely striated. Tail long, 

 rather short-haired, black or dark brown, its tip not pencilled. 



Slcull shojt and thickly built ; muzzle much shorter and broader 

 in proportion than in the other species. Nasals short, broad, much 

 expanded behind. Interorbital region broad, flat, not hollowed in 

 the middle line, its edges well marked. Palatal foramina short, 

 barely reaching to the level of the front of the canines. 



Teeth small in proportion, their form as usual. 



$. 



Type (stuffed). 



Adult. 



millim. 



Head and body 270 



Tail 230 



Hind foot 42 



Ear 16 



SkuU, see next page. 



Hah. N.W. New Guinea (Mt. Arfak). 



Type in the Ley den Museum. 



This species, as is the case with so many of the Papuan Marsupials, 

 is very closely allied to one of the North-Austrahan representatives 

 of the genus, namely to D. hallucatus, from which, however, it may 

 be distinguished by its shorter muzzle and ears, shorter woollier fur, 

 and by the rufous or fulvous tinge in the general colour of its back. 



