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from -which, it may he distinguished hy its crested tail and more 

 uniform coloration. The absence of its lower p.* is a character 

 "which is probably variable, as in the case of Ph. ihorheelciana ; if 

 ever present, the tooth would no doubt be similar to that of Ph. 

 wpicalis. 



2. Phascologale apicalis. 



Phascogale apicalis, Gray, Ann. Mag. N. H. ix. p. 518 (1842) ; 



Schinz, iS^n. Mamm. i. p. 496 (1844) ; Waffn. Schr. Sciug. Supp. v. 



p. 199 (1855) ; ScMeg. Dierh. p. 137 (1857) ; Qieb. Sciug. p. 727 



(1859); Sehleg. Bierenf. p. 162 (1872) ; Jent. Cat. Ost. Leyd.Mus. 



p. 303 (1887) ; Thos. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) iv. p. 508 (1887) ; id. 



Phil. Trans, clxxviii. p. 461, pi. xxvii. fig. 4 (teeth) (1887). 

 Antechinus apicalis, Gray, List Mamm. B. M. p. 99 (1843) ; Gould, 



Mamm. Austr. i. pi. xxxix. (animal) (1845) ; Gerrard, Cat. Bones 



Mamm. B. M. p. 136 (1862) ; Erefft, Cat. Mamm. Austr. Mus. 



p. 31 (1864) ; id. P. Z. S. 1866, p. 432 ; id. Austr. Vert. p. 15 



(1871) ; Gray, Voy. Ereh. Terr., Mamm. p. 12 c, pi. xxvii. fig. 3 



(animal) (1875)*- 

 Phascologale (Antechinus) apicalis, Waterh. N. H. Mamm. i. p. 413 



(1846). 



Feecklbb Phascologale. 



Size medium. Fur coarse ; underfur long, soft and close, its 

 terminal fourth rufous, its base slate. General colour a peculiar 

 freckled reddish grey, the head, back, outsides of limbs, and proxi- 

 mal half of taU being of this colour, which is made up by the longer 

 hairs being black with a white subterminal band, below which the 

 rufous tips of the underfur show through. Eyes surrounded by a 

 more or less distinct white ring. Ears short, not reaching, if laid 

 forward, more than half the distance towards the eye, rounded ; 

 their substance thick and opaque, covered inside and out with 

 short grey hairs. Chin, chest, and belly dull white or yellowish, 

 the hairs within the pouch dark rufous. Front and outside of fore- 

 arm rufous ; rest of outsides of limbs dull grey, the freckled ap- 

 pearance of the back gradually disappearing both there and on the 

 sides of the body. Hands and feet grey ; palms with six pads, the 

 poUical one distinctly subdivided into two ; soles hairy just below 

 the heel, the rest naked, granulated ; hallucal pad long, rarely sub- 

 divided ; hallux barely reaching to the proximal end of the anterior 

 pads. Tail short, not so long as the body without the head, evenly 

 tapering, covered above with hairs variegated like those on the 

 back, except at the extreme end, where they are black ; underside 

 uniformly grey or yellowish grey. Mammae 8. 



Skull (PI. XXIV. fig. 5) stout and strong ; muzzle short and 

 broad, its breadth across outside the canines going about three times 

 into the palate-length. Nasals long, very little expanded behind, 

 their greatest only about once and a half their least breadth. 



* The plates of this work were prepared in 1845, but although they were 

 seen privately and quoted by several auliors long before, their real publication 

 only took place in 1876. 



