4. PHASCOLOGALE. 283 



longer than below, although not forming a distinct crest. Colour 

 of taU uniformly black above and below except on the terminal half- 

 inch, which is white. Mammae 4. 



SicuU lightly and slenderly buUt, with a long narrow muzzle. 

 Nasals long, evenly expanded behind. Interorbital space evenly 

 rounded, its edges square, not ridged. Anterior palatine foramina 

 extending to the centre of the canines. Posterior palate with a 

 pair of rather small vacuities opposite m.^ and a second smaller pair 

 behind them near the centre line, as in Ph. ajoicalis. BuUse small, 

 rounded, transparent. 



Teeth. Upper lateral incisors flattened, evenly increasing in size 

 backwards. Premolars small, sharp and pointed, standing quite 

 apart from one another ; p.^ about twice the size of p.' ; p.* rather 

 smaller than p.'' Lower incisors subequal, their upper surfaces 

 broader and flatter than usual ; i." distinctly triangular. Canines 

 short, thick, with a small posterior basal broadening. Premolars 

 separate from each other ; p.' about twice the size of p.' ; p.* equal 

 to or even larger than p.' M."^ narrowed in front, with a rudi- 

 mentary anterior secondary cusp. Milk-p.* present, but quite minute, 

 functionless, and early deciduous. 



Dimensions, ' 



2- . 



*(mal.). 



Adult. 



millim. 



Head and body 152 



TaU 152 



Hind foot 32-5 



Ear 10 



SkuU, see p. 299. 



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

 Co-types in Genoa Museum and in collection. 



1 Imm. sk. I , iq/c/'Tt; Mori, Mt. Arfak Genoa Museum [E.]. 

 "■ I Skull. [(Jji^/o/zo. (O. Beccariy (Co-fe/^e of species.) 



6. Fhascologale dorsalis. 



Phascogale dorsalis, Peters ^ Doria, Ann. Mus. Genov. viii. p. 335 

 (1876) ; Thos. Ann. Mus. Qenov. (3) iv. p. 606 (1887) ; id. Phil. 

 Trans, clxxviii. p. 447, pi. xxvii. figs. 7 & 8, teeth (1887). 



Phascogale (Chaetocercus) dorsalis, Peters 8f Doria, Ann. Mus. 

 Oenov. xvi. p. 667, pi. vii. (animal) (1881). 



CHBSTNTJT-BBLLrBD PHASCOLOeALE. 



Size medium, form slender. Fur rather shorter and coarser than 



* From the co-type in the G-enoa Museum. 



