276 DASTUKID^. 



a°. Anterior palatine foramina 

 long, reaching at least to 



posterior end of p.' .... 7. Fh. swainsoni, p. 285. 

 6*. Anterior palatine foramina 

 short, not extending past 



front of p.i 8. Ph. minima, p. 287. 



J*. Upper i.^ long, cyhndrical, 

 boldly curved forwards 



away from i.^ 9. Ph.Jlavipes, p. 289. 



d^. Upper p." twice the size of the 

 small suhequal p.^ and p.' 

 First three molars less than- 



4 miUim. long 10. Ph. minuiissima, p. 292. 



tP. First three molars more than 7 

 millim. long. Palate-length 



more than 20 mUlim 11. Ph. longicaudata, p. 293. 



d^. Lower p.* much smaller than p.^ 

 Lower i.^ very much larger than 

 i.^ or i.^ 

 e'. Basal length more than 40 millim. 



Molars ^"^ more than 8 millim. . 12. Ph. penicUlata, p. 294. 

 f^. Basal length about 30 millim. 



Molars^"* not exceeding 7 millim. 13. PA. ca/Mra, p. 296. 



1. Fhascologale cristicaudata. 



Ohsetocercus cristicauda, JSJrefft, P. Z. 8. 1866, p. 435, pi. xxxvi. 



(animal) ; id. Austr. Vert. p. 14 (1871). 

 Fhascologale cristicaudata, Thos. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) iv. p. 509 



(1887). 



CeBST-TAILED PHASCOLOaiLE. 



Size medium. General colour uniform reddish or sandy brown, 

 the head, body, limbs, and greater part of tail being of this colour. 

 Ears short and little projecting. Tail shorter than head and body, 

 mostly short-haired, the upperside of its terminal half with a pro- 

 minent crest of black hairs, which increase in length to the tip. 

 SJcull short, broad, and strong ; buUse large and swollen. 

 Teeth. Upper p.'' minute, tubercular. Lower i.' larger than i.^ 

 and i.' Canine slender, not broadened posteriorly at its base. Lower 

 p.* wholly absent. M.i with scarcely an indication of the anterior 

 secondary cusp. 



Dimensions. 



Type, 

 millim. 



Head and body 121 



TaU 83 



Hind foot 28 



Ilab. South Australia. 



Type in the Sydney Museum. 



The above description is extracted from Mr. Kreift's original 

 account of the species, no specimen of which has come under my 

 observation. It is evidently very closely allied to Ph. apicalis, 



